Literature Reviews

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

• "But, I don't take steps": Examining the Inaccessibility of Fitness Trackers for Wheelchair Athletes

  Patrick Carrington, Kevin Chang, Helena Mentis, Amy Hurst (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This paper investigates why wheelchair athletes show low adoption of wearable fitness trackers despite interest in tracking physical activity. The authors interviewed five wheelchair athletes (participating in hand cycling, rugby, basketball, and ten…

  • wheelchair
  • adaptive sports
  • fitness tracking
  • wearable computing
  • Quantified Self
  • mobility impairment
  • spinal cord injury