Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
4 results found tagged academic publishing.
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An Uninteresting Tour Through Why Our Research Papers Aren't Accessible
This paper provides a candid examination of why academic research papers, delivered almost exclusively as PDFs, remain largely inaccessible to people with disabilities. The authors — who have spent years actively trying to improve the situation — tra…
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Author Reflections on Creating Accessible Academic Papers
This mixed-methods study investigates why academic papers remain inaccessible despite available guidance from SIGACCESS and others. The researchers analyzed 3,866 content elements (tables, charts, images) from 330 ASSETS conference papers spanning 20…
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Should I Say "Disabled People" or "People with Disabilities"? Language Preferences of Disabled People Between Identity- and Person-First Language
This paper presents the largest empirical study to date on the language preferences of disabled people regarding identity-first language (IFL, e.g., "disabled people") versus person-first language (PFL, e.g., "people with disabilities"). The research…
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Toward supporting quality alt text in computing publications
This paper investigates the state of alternative text for figures in computing research publications, an understudied context where figures often convey dense, complex visual information quite different from social media or news imagery. The research…