Literature Reviews

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

• Like, Comment & Caption: A Decade of Social Media Video Caption Research (2015-2025)

  Huong Nguyen, Emma J. McDonnell, Lloyd May, Alexander Druzenko, Zoobia Saifullah Syeda, Mark Cartwright, Sooyeon Lee (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper is a systematic literature review of 36 peer-reviewed studies on Social Media Video Captions (SMVC) published between 2015 and 2025, spanning HCI, accessibility, media studies, education, and language learning. The authors use 'SM…

  • captioning
  • captions
  • video accessibility
  • social media accessibility
  • Deaf and hard of hearing
  • neurodivergence
  • language learners
  • participatory design
  • systematic literature review
  • automatic speech recognition
  • non-speech information
  • TikTok
  • YouTube

• Beyond the Manual: Mapping Peer-Generated Content about Wheelchair Care and Adaptation on YouTube

  Wen Mo, Aneesha Singh, Lan Xiao, Catherine Holloway (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper presents a content analysis of 290 YouTube videos (from 194 unique channels, 8,629 initial results narrowed via inclusion/exclusion) and 800 sampled comments from a total 10,781 harvested, examining how wheelchair users and their …

  • wheelchair
  • DIY assistive technology
  • YouTube
  • content analysis
  • peer support
  • bricolage
  • accessibility
  • thematic analysis

• Design and Evaluation of Classifier for Identifying Sign Language Videos in Video Sharing Sites

  Caio D.D. Monteiro, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, Frank M. Shipman (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

  This paper presents the design and evaluation of a video classifier that automatically distinguishes sign language (SL) videos from non-sign-language videos on video sharing sites like YouTube. Currently, deaf and hard-of-hearing users must rely on t…

  • sign language
  • deaf community
  • video classification
  • computer vision
  • machine learning
  • SVM
  • video sharing
  • YouTube
  • ASL
  • British Sign Language
  • content discovery

• HowToApp: Supporting Life Skills Development of Young Adults with Intellectual Disability

  Andrew A. Bayor (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This student research abstract describes the co-design and preliminary evaluation of HowToApp, a mobile application that helps young adults with intellectual disability (ID) search for, watch, archive, and share YouTube videos related to their person…

  • intellectual disability
  • co-design
  • social media
  • YouTube
  • skills development
  • ability-based design
  • digital inclusion
  • self-determination
  • cognitive accessibility

• Leveraging Participation: Supporting Skills Development of Young Adults with Intellectual Disability Using Social Media

  Andrew A. Bayor, Laurianne Sitbon, Bernd Ploderer, Filip Bircanin, Stewart Koplick, Margot Brereton (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This paper investigates how young adults with intellectual disability (ID) can leverage their existing social media participation — particularly on YouTube and Facebook — to develop new skills beyond entertainment. The researchers conducted a partici…

  • intellectual disability
  • social media
  • digital inclusion
  • participatory design
  • skills development
  • social skills
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • cognitive accessibility
  • voice search

• Characterizing Collective Efforts in Content Sharing and Quality Control for ADHD-relevant Content on Video-sharing Platforms

  Hanxiu Hazel Zhu, Avanthika Senthil Kumar, Sihang Zhao, Ru Wang, Xin Tong, Yuhang Zhao (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents the first in-depth characterization and analysis of ADHD-relevant video content across YouTube and TikTok, examining content quality, accessibility challenges, and the collective efforts of creators and viewers in quality control.…

  • ADHD
  • video-sharing platforms
  • information quality
  • online communities
  • content accessibility
  • neurodivergent
  • misinformation
  • social media
  • cognitive accessibility
  • TikTok
  • YouTube