Literature Reviews

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

• Challenging and Improving Current Evaluation Methods for Colour Identification Aids

  Connor Geddes, David R. Flatla (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 22)

  This paper critically examines how Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD) aids are evaluated, exposing fundamental flaws in common evaluation practices. CVD affects approximately 5% of the population and impairs the ability to accurately identify and discrim…

  • colour vision deficiency
  • colour blindness
  • CVD simulation
  • evaluation methods
  • colour identification aids
  • visual accessibility

• Designing for Colour Vision Deficiency: A Scoping Review of Resources That Support Designers in Choosing Accessible Colours

  Connor Geddes, Edward Curran Eggertson, Jonathan Sutton, Garreth W. Tigwell (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents a comprehensive scoping review of 113 academic papers focused on design methods that support colour accessibility for people with colour vision deficiency (CVD). CVD affects approximately 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women, making cer…

  • colour vision deficiency
  • color blindness
  • design tools
  • guidelines
  • scoping review
  • colour accessibility
  • contrast ratio
  • redundant encoding
  • CVD simulation