Literature Reviews

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

• Low-Cost Accelerometry-Based Posture Monitoring System for Stroke Survivors

  Sonia Arteaga, Jessica Chevalier, Andrew Coile, Andrew William Hill, Serdar Sali, Sangheeta Sudhakhrisnan, Sri H. Kurniawan (2008) — Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This paper from the University of California Santa Cruz reports a low-cost wearable posture monitoring system for stroke survivors, costing approximately $100 for the full prototype. Stroke patients are believed to benefit from maintaining good postu…

  • stroke rehabilitation
  • wearable technology
  • accelerometer
  • posture monitoring
  • physical therapy
  • assistive technology
  • sensors
  • health technology

• Detecting Hunchback Behavior in Autistic Children with Smart Phone Assistive Devices

  Shu-Hsien Lin (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

  This short demonstration paper presents a low-cost assistive system that uses a smartphone's built-in accelerometer to detect hunchback posture in an autistic student at the Kaohsiung Municipal Renwu Special Education School (KRSES) in Taiwan. The st…

  • autism
  • assistive technology
  • wearable technology
  • posture detection
  • special education
  • mobile technology
  • accelerometer
  • stereotypical behavior