Literature Reviews

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

• Reassurance Robots: OCD in the Age of Generative AI

  Grace Barkhuff (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

  This CHI 2026 Extended Abstracts paper by Grace Barkhuff (Georgia Tech) is an exploratory qualitative study of how generative AI tools, particularly ChatGPT, are reshaping the lived experience of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). OCD is a mental h…

  • OCD
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • generative AI
  • ChatGPT
  • mental health
  • qualitative research
  • grounded theory
  • Reddit
  • accessibility
  • large language models

• "It was Mentally Painful to Try and Stop": Design Opportunities for Just-in-Time Interventions for People with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in the Real World

  Ru Wang, Kexin Zhang, Yuqing Wang, Keri Brown, Yuhang Zhao (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents the first in-depth interview study examining the diverse triggers, compulsions, and self-management strategies of people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to inform the design of just-in-time intervention technologies. The resear…

  • mental health
  • OCD
  • just-in-time intervention
  • exposure and response prevention
  • cognitive behavioral therapy
  • self-management
  • wearable technology
  • augmented reality
  • symptom tracking
  • privacy