Literature Reviews

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

• "We Figure It Out Together": A Framework for Relational Communication in Disabled and Neurodivergent LGBTQIA+ Romantic Partnerships

  Kirk Andrew Crawford, Foad Hamidi (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  Crawford and Hamidi investigate how disabled and neurodivergent LGBTQIA+ romantic partners collaboratively build and sustain communication practices over time, an area largely overlooked in HCI research that has tended to focus on single points in ti…

  • cognitive accessibility
  • neurodiversity
  • LGBTQIA+
  • disability
  • intersectionality
  • interdependence
  • co-design
  • relational accessibility
  • AI
  • romantic relationships
  • assistive technology
  • diary study

• Complex Dynamics: Disability, Assistive Technology, and the LGBTQIA+ Community Center Experience in the United States

  Kirk Andrew Crawford, Katta Spiel, Foad Hamidi (2023) — Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2023)

  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…

  • assistive technology
  • intersectionality
  • LGBTQIA+
  • disability identity
  • stigma
  • community spaces
  • qualitative research
  • interdependence