Literature Reviews

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

• Building Narratives and Probing Concepts: Preparing Materials for Co-Design with Autistic Livestreamers

  Terrance Mok, Tyson Hartley, Anthony Tang, Adam McCrimmon, Lora Oehlberg (2025) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper presents scenario-based design (SBD) materials developed to facilitate future co-design sessions with autistic livestreamers on Twitch. Building on prior ethnographic research involving semi-structured interviews with 10 autistic adult str…

  • autism
  • livestreaming
  • Twitch
  • co-design
  • scenario-based design
  • neurodiversity
  • participatory design
  • social media accessibility

• Experiences of Autistic Twitch Livestreamers: "I have made easily the most meaningful and impactful relationships"

  Terrance Mok, Anthony Tang, Adam McCrimmon, Lora Oehlberg (2023) — Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '23)

  This paper presents a reflexive thematic analysis of interviews with 10 autistic adult Twitch livestreamers, exploring how autism uniquely shapes their experiences as content creators on a live video platform. The researchers first conducted a format…

  • autism
  • livestreaming
  • social accessibility
  • online communities
  • neurodiversity
  • identity
  • Twitch
  • qualitative research

• Exploring The Affordances of Game-Aware Streaming to Support Blind and Low Vision Viewers: A Design Probe Study

  Noor Hammad, Frank Elavsky, Sanika Moharana, Jessie Chen, Seyoung Lee, Patrick Carrington, Dominik Moritz, Jessica Hammer, Erik Harpstead (2024) — Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '24)

  This paper investigates how game-aware streaming systems can be made accessible to blind and low-vision (BLV) viewers on platforms like Twitch. Live game streaming is a major social and entertainment medium, but the experience is overwhelmingly visua…

  • game accessibility
  • blind and low vision
  • live streaming
  • Twitch
  • sonification
  • design probe
  • spectator experience