Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
20 results found tagged disability.
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Understanding Accessibility as a Process through the Analysis of Feedback from Disabled Students
This paper from The Open University UK analyzes over 6,000 open comment feedback responses from disabled students (out of 93,148 total responses) to argue that accessibility must be understood as an ongoing process rather than a state achieved throug…
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The accessibility of administrative processes: Assessing the impacts on students in higher education
This paper investigates the impacts that administrative processes — such as applying for disability support, gaining medical evidence, registering for courses, and applying for government benefits — have on disabled university students. The research …
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Disability and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Using Twitter to Understand Accessibility during Rapid Societal Transition
This Carnegie Mellon University study uses Twitter data to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected people with disabilities (PWD) across three critical domains where technology and accessibility intersect: grocery delivery servi…
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"I'm Ok Because I'm Alive": Understanding Socio-cultural Accessibility Barriers for Refugees with Disabilities in the US
This qualitative study investigates the accessibility barriers faced by refugees with disabilities in the United States, drawing on interviews with six experts who serve refugee populations in Baltimore, Maryland. The research was conducted during th…
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Working at the Intersection of Race, Disability and Accessibility
This paper argues that accessibility research has systematically overlooked race as a meaningful construct, treating it at best as a shallow demographic variable while studying disability in isolation. The authors — a racially diverse team from Carne…
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An Autoethnographic Case Study of Generative Artificial Intelligence's Utility for Accessibility
This paper presents an autoethnographic case study in which seven accessibility researchers—both with and without disabilities—explored generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools over a three-month period to assess their potential for supporting …
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Characterizing Smart Home Technology Usage Among Users with Disabilities through Reddit
This study examines how people with disabilities use smart home technology (SHT) by analyzing publicly available Reddit discussions across 12 disability-focused and technology-focused subreddits. The researchers collected 233 posts and comments from …
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Toward Fairness in AI for People with Disabilities: A Research Roadmap
This position paper from Microsoft Research presents a systematic risk assessment of how major categories of AI systems may fail or discriminate against people with disabilities, proposing a four-point research roadmap for increasing AI fairness. The…
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Fairness of AI for People with Disabilities: Problem Analysis and Interdisciplinary Collaboration
This paper provides a philosophical analysis of the fairness challenges that machine learning-based AI poses for people with disabilities, arguing that these challenges demand unprecedented interdisciplinary collaboration across applied ethics, human…
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Painting with Cameras and Drawing with Text: AI Use in Accessible Creativity
This paper explores how disabled creatives intentionally use and choose not to use generative AI (GAI) tools in their artistic practices. Through interviews with 10 creatives with disabilities — whose work spans audio engineering, leathercraft, visua…