Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
17 results found tagged disability rights.
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Technology, Education and Access: A "Fair Go" for People with Disabilities
This keynote is a personal narrative by Dr. Scott Hollier, a digital access specialist diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at age five, tracing how technology and education have shaped his life and career in accessibility. Hollier frames the talk aro…
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Working Together: Technology as the Foundation for Better Employment Outcomes for People with Disability
Written by Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission, this keynote paper draws on the findings of the 2016 "Willing to Work" national inquiry into employment discrimination against older Australians …
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Access Differential and Inequitable Access: Inaccessibility for Doctoral Students in Computing
This paper investigates why the pipeline of students with disabilities pursuing doctoral degrees in computing remains so thin, despite increased support at the undergraduate level. In 2018, the NSF reported that only about 3% of math and computer sci…
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Towards a Social Justice Aligned Makerspace: Co-designing Custom Assistive Technology within a University Ecosystem
This paper explores how university makerspaces can serve as sites for co-designing custom Do-It-Yourself assistive technology (DIY-AT) while simultaneously engaging with social justice issues faced by students with disabilities. Conducted at the Univ…
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Decoding the Privacy Policies of Assistive Technologies
This paper systematically analyzes the privacy policies of 18 assistive technologies available in the United States, examining how these companies communicate data collection and processing practices to their users. The researchers used the PRISMA (P…
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Disability Intimacy in HCI: Defining a Community-Driven Research Agenda
This workshop paper proposes a half-day virtual workshop at ASSETS 2025 to define a community-driven research agenda for "Disability Intimacy in HCI" — a field the authors argue has been vastly underexplored in accessibility research. The organizers,…
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Toward a taxonomy of negative outcomes from the use of AI-driven systems for people with disabilities
This paper presents the first systematic taxonomy of how AI-driven systems create negative outcomes specifically for people with disabilities. The authors searched eight publicly available AI incident databases — including AIAAIC, AIID, OECD AI Incid…