Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Accessible Communication and Materials in Higher Education

  Kelly Mack (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This doctoral consortium paper from a researcher at the University of Washington proposes a dissertation addressing two core areas of inaccessibility in higher education: inaccessible course materials (particularly slideshow presentations) and the br…

  • higher education
  • accommodations
  • document accessibility
  • slideshows
  • automated repair
  • disability services
  • universal design for learning
  • accessibility testing

• Exploring Collective Medical Knowledge and Tensions in Online ADHD Communities

  Tessa Eagle (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This doctoral consortium paper proposes a dissertation investigating how online ADHD communities on social media platforms serve as digitally-mediated support systems for neurodivergent individuals. The author, a neurodivergent HCI researcher at UC S…

  • ADHD
  • neurodiversity
  • online communities
  • digital mental health
  • social media
  • psychosocial disability
  • techno-solutionism
  • critical disability theory
  • peer support

• It's Enactment Time!: High-fidelity Enactment Stage for Accessible Automated Driving System Technology Research

  Aaron Gluck, Hannah Solini, Julian Brinkley (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This pictorial paper documents the iterative design and construction of a high-fidelity enactment stage for researching accessible autonomous vehicle (AV) technology with older adults and people with disabilities. Autonomous vehicles hold transformat…

  • autonomous vehicles
  • accessible transportation
  • user enactment
  • older adults
  • physical disability
  • research methods
  • prototyping
  • human-machine interface
  • inclusive design

• Performing Qualitative Data Analysis as a Blind Researcher: Challenges, Workarounds and Design Recommendations

  O. Aishwarya (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This short paper provides a first-person account from a blind early-career researcher about the significant accessibility barriers encountered when trying to perform qualitative data analysis (QDA). The author, based at IIIT Bangalore, situates the w…

  • blindness
  • screen readers
  • qualitative research
  • research accessibility
  • academic accessibility
  • software accessibility
  • participatory research
  • disability studies

• Beyond Subtitles: Captioning and Visualizing Non-speech Sounds to Improve Accessibility of User-Generated Videos

  Oliver Alonzo, Hijung Valentina Shin, Dingzeyu Li (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This paper investigates a significant gap in video captioning: the representation of non-speech sounds. While automatic speech recognition (ASR) has become widely available for generating captions on platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Zoom, these sy…

  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • captioning
  • non-speech sounds
  • automatic captions
  • video accessibility
  • user-generated content
  • sound event detection
  • graphic captions

• Designing Gestures for Digital Musical Instruments: Gesture Elicitation Study with Deaf and Hard of Hearing People

  Ryo Iijima, Akihisa Shitara, Yoichi Ochiai (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This study addresses a gap in how deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people can enjoy playing musical instruments using smartphones. While DHH people can and do enjoy music — often sensing it through vibrations transmitted by instruments or through body …

  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • music accessibility
  • gesture elicitation
  • digital musical instruments
  • haptic feedback
  • mobile accessibility
  • sensory substitution
  • user-centered design

• "It's Just Part of Me:" Understanding Avatar Diversity and Self-presentation of People with Disabilities in Social Virtual Reality

  Kexin Zhang, Elmira Deldari, Zhicong Lu, Yaxing Yao, Yuhang Zhao (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This paper investigates how people with disabilities (PWD) perceive, design, and use avatars for self-presentation and disability disclosure in social virtual reality (VR) platforms. The researchers employed a two-part methodology: first, a systemati…

  • social virtual reality
  • avatars
  • disability disclosure
  • self-presentation
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • visual impairments
  • identity
  • inclusive design
  • virtual worlds

• The Future of Urban Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Data Collection, Analytics, Policy, and Tools

  Jon E. Froehlich, Yochai Eisenberg, Maryam Hosseini, Fabio Miranda, Marc Adams, Anat Caspi, Holger Dieterich, Heather Feldner, Aldo Gonzalez, Claudina de Gyves, Joy Hammel, Reuben Kirkham, Melanie Kneisel, Delphine Labbé, Steve J. Mooney, Victor Pineda, Cláudia Fonseca Pinhão, Ana Rodríguez, Manaswi Saha, Michael Saugstad, Judy Shanley, Ather Sharif, Qing Shen, Cláudio Silva, Maarten Sukel, Eric K. Tokuda, Sebastian Felix Zappe, Anna Zivarts (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 22)

  This workshop paper frames urban accessibility as a "wicked problem" spanning transportation, urban planning, disability studies, public health, and human geography, and assembles a remarkably diverse team of 28 co-organizers from six countries acros…

  • urban accessibility
  • built environment
  • pedestrian infrastructure
  • sidewalk accessibility
  • data collection
  • crowdsourcing
  • computer vision
  • accessible maps
  • transit accessibility
  • walkability
  • ADA compliance
  • climate justice
  • Global South accessibility

• A Workshop on Disability Inclusive Remote Co-Design

  Maryam Bandukda, Giulia Barbareschi, Aneesha Singh, Dhruv Jain, Maitraye Das, Tamanna Motahar, Jason Wiese, Lynn Cockburn, Amit Prakash, David Frohlich, Catherine Holloway (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 22)

  This workshop paper addresses how the COVID-19 pandemic forced accessibility researchers to adapt co-design methods from in-person to remote formats, and the unique challenges this created for research involving disabled and aging participants. While…

  • co-design
  • remote research
  • participatory design
  • disability inclusion
  • COVID-19
  • accessible platforms
  • research methods
  • Global South accessibility

• Including Accessibility in Computer Science Education

  Catherine M. Baker, Yasmine N. Elglaly, Anne Spencer Ross, Kristen Shinohara (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 22)

  This workshop paper addresses a persistent gap in computing education: accessibility knowledge and skills are rarely included systematically in undergraduate computing curricula, despite being essential for producing software professionals who can bu…

  • accessibility education
  • computer science education
  • curriculum design
  • teaching accessibility
  • workforce development