Literature Reviews

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

• Vision-Based Assistive Technologies for People with Cerebral Visual Impairment: A Review and Focus Study

  Bhanuka Gamage, Leona Holloway, Nicola McDowell, Thanh-Toan Do, Nicholas Price, Arthur Lowery, Kim Marriott (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper reveals a significant research gap in assistive technology for people with cerebral visual impairment (CVI) through a scoping review and focus studies. CVI is caused by damage to the brain's visual processing centres rather than the eyes t…

  • cerebral visual impairment
  • CVI
  • vision-based assistive technology
  • computer vision
  • augmented reality
  • image enhancement
  • machine learning
  • scoping review
  • visual processing

• SMART-TBI: Design and Evaluation of the Social Media Accessibility and Rehabilitation Toolkit for Users with Traumatic Brain Injury

  Yaxin Hu, Hajin Lim, Lisa Kakonge, Jade T. Mitchell, Hailey L. Johnson, Lyn S. Turkstra, Melissa C. Duff, Catalina L. Toma, Bilge Mutlu (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper introduces SMART-TBI (Social Media Accessibility and Rehabilitation Toolkit), a browser extension designed to make Facebook more accessible for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI can cause a range of cognitive and communication …

  • traumatic brain injury
  • social media accessibility
  • cognitive accessibility
  • Facebook
  • AI-assisted communication
  • rehabilitation
  • browser extension
  • social participation

• Characterizing "Motor Ability" for Ability-Based Design

  Claire L. Mitchell, Jacob O. Wobbrock (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper addresses a fundamental gap in ability-based design — a prominent accessibility framework proposed by Wobbrock et al. — by rigorously defining and operationalising the concept of "motor ability" that is central to the approach. Ability-bas…

  • ability-based design
  • motor ability
  • accessibility framework
  • human motor control
  • adaptive interfaces
  • interaction design
  • measurement
  • conceptual framework

• "I Try to Represent Myself as I Am": Self-Presentation Preferences of People with Invisible Disabilities through Embodied Social VR Avatars

  Ria J. Gualano, Lucy Jiang, Kexin Zhang, Tanisha Shende, Andrea Stevenson Won, Shiri Azenkot (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates how people with invisible disabilities want to represent their disability identity through avatars in social virtual reality environments. While prior research has explored avatar-based disability disclosure for blind and d/De…

  • invisible disability
  • virtual reality
  • avatars
  • self-presentation
  • disability disclosure
  • identity
  • social VR
  • ADHD
  • chronic conditions
  • neurodiversity

• Designing Accessible Adaptations for an Electronic Toolkit with Blind and Low Vision Users

  Jacqueline Johnstone, Madhuka Nadeeshani, Hanmin Chen, Mohith Vemula, Erica J Tandori, Kate Stephens, Hashini Senaratne, Kirsten Ellis, Swamy Ananthanarayan (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents the co-design and evaluation of accessible adaptations to an existing modular electronic toolkit (Bricktronics) to make electronics learning accessible to blind and low vision (BLV) users. Computational and electronics toolkits ar…

  • blind and low vision
  • electronics education
  • co-design
  • digital fabrication
  • 3D printing
  • NFC
  • tactile design
  • STEM accessibility
  • modular toolkit

• SeaHare: An omnidirectional electric wheelchair integrating independent, remote and shared control modalities

  Giulia Barbareschi, Ando Ryoichi, Midori Kawaguchi, Minato Takeda, Kouta Minamizawa (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents SeaHare, an omnidirectional electric wheelchair that integrates three control paradigms — independent, remote, and shared — within a single platform, enabling direct comparison of how different control modes affect the experience …

  • wheelchair
  • electric wheelchair
  • omnidirectional
  • shared control
  • remote control
  • centre of gravity
  • assistive technology
  • collaborative control
  • interdependence

• Development and Evaluation of the Mobile Tech Support Questionnaire for Older Adults

  Hasti Sharifi, Joseph E Michaelis, Debaleena Chattopadhyay (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper develops and validates the Mobile Tech Support Questionnaire (MTSQ), a standardised instrument for measuring older adults' preferences for and perceived quality of technology support during ongoing mobile device use. While mobile device ow…

  • older adults
  • mobile technology
  • tech support
  • questionnaire development
  • digital literacy
  • ageing
  • scale development
  • self-reliant support
  • social support

• Information Wayfinding of Screen Reader Users: Five Personas to Expand Conceptualizations of User Experiences

  J. Bern Jordan, Victoria Van Hyning, Mason A. Jones, Rachael Bradley Montgomery, Elizabeth Bottner, Evan Tansil (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents five user personas representing the diverse range of screen reader experiences, developed from observations across several studies with blind screen reader users. The authors challenge the common assumption in research and develop…

  • screen readers
  • blind users
  • personas
  • user experience
  • information wayfinding
  • braille
  • assistive technology
  • web accessibility
  • digital literacy

• Help and The Social Construction of Access: A Case-Study from India

  Vaishnav Kameswaran, Jerry Robinson, Nithya Sambasivan, Gaurav Aggarwal, Meredith Ringel Morris (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper examines the role of help in how people with visual impairments (PVI) navigate indoor environments in India, challenging the Western-centric assumption that independence should be the primary goal of assistive technology design. Through a …

  • visual impairment
  • indoor navigation
  • Global South
  • India
  • social accessibility
  • help
  • interdependence
  • cultural context
  • mixed-ability interaction

• "Seven Stitches Later": A Technologically Interdependent Travel Experience From The Perspective Of A Visually Impaired Individual

  Aziz N Zeidieh (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This autoethnographic experience report presents a technologically interdependent travel framework developed from over ten years of first-hand travel experience by the author, a visually impaired individual. The paper's title references a real injury…

  • visual impairment
  • travel
  • navigation
  • orientation and mobility
  • autoethnography
  • assistive technology
  • technology interdependence
  • wayfinding