Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
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"You Can't Possibly Have ADHD": Exploring Validation and Tensions around Diagnosis within Unbounded ADHD Social Media Communities
This paper examines how ADHD communities on social media platforms — TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram — function as informal health communities that provide information, validation, and support to individuals at various stages of discovering and naviga…
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Complex Dynamics: Disability, Assistive Technology, and the LGBTQIA+ Community Center Experience in the United States
This paper explores the experiences of LGBTQIA+ individuals with disabilities in community centers in the United States, focusing on the role of assistive technology (AT) in these spaces. The researchers conducted 11 semi-structured interviews (60-90…
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Towards Real-Time Measurements of Internet Health: Optimizing Large-Scale Web Accessibility Evaluations
This paper investigates how to optimize page sampling strategies for large-scale web accessibility evaluations, aiming to make near real-time measurements of Internet Health feasible. Current large-scale accessibility studies are financially and time…
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Understanding Strategies and Challenges of Conducting Daily Data Analysis (DDA) Among Blind and Low-vision People
This paper investigates how blind and low-vision (BLV) people perform what the authors term Daily Data Analysis (DDA) — the common, everyday tasks of analyzing and deriving insights from data such as splitting expenses, computing stock portfolio chan…
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Understanding Peer-to-Peer Instructional Support in an Online Community for Blind Audio Producers
This paper examines how blind and low-vision audio producers seek and provide instructional support through an online text-based Q&A mailing list community centered around using Logic Pro, a professional digital audio workstation (DAW), with the Voic…
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A Case for Improving the Accessibility of Electrical and Computer Engineering Education -- Starting with a Blind Student's Autoethnography
This short paper presents an autoethnographic account of Trisha Kulkarni, the first blind student to complete the introductory electrical and computer engineering (ECE) and making course (E40M) at Stanford University. The course is a required eight-t…
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Speaking with My Screen Reader: Using Audio Fictions to Explore Conversational Access to Interfaces
This paper explores whether and how human-like conversational assistants could extend the screen reader experience for blind and low vision (BLV) users. Current screen readers provide linear, impersonal access to interfaces through keyboard-driven cu…
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Analyzing Walking with Ankle Foot Orthoses Using Shank-mounted Wearable Movement Sensors
This extended abstract investigates using Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) mounted on the shank (lower leg) to provide quantitative gait analysis for clinicians tuning Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFOs). AFOs are orthotic devices that encompass the ankle jo…
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Designing Voice-Assisted Technology (VAT) Training for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) for Adults with Cognitive-Communication Needs (CCNs) at Home
This paper describes the design, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of a 6-week virtual training program that teaches adults with cognitive-communication needs (CCNs) resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI) to use Amazon Alexa voice comma…
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Multimodal 3D printed urban maps for blind people. Evaluations and scientific investigations
This poster paper presents a multimodal 3D printed urban map prototype that embeds capacitive touch sensors directly into the map body to provide location-specific audio descriptions when touched. The research, conducted at Wroclaw University of Scie…