Literature Reviews

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

• Autoethnography of a Hard of Hearing Traveler

  Dhruv Jain, Audrey Desjardins, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents a 2.5-year autoethnographic account of the recreational travel experiences of Jain, a hard of hearing individual with severe-to-profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss who wears behind-the-ear hearing aids. The account draws…

  • hard of hearing
  • Deaf and hard of hearing
  • autoethnography
  • accessible tourism
  • disability disclosure
  • assistive technology
  • hearing aid
  • communication strategies
  • personalized technology
  • travel accessibility
  • first-person research

• Smooth Sailing? Autoethnography of Recreational Travel by a Blind Person

  Kate Stephens, Matthew Butler, Leona M Holloway, Cagatay Goncu, Kim Marriott (2020) — ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents the first autoethnographic study of a blind traveller, documenting Kate Stephens' (the first author) experience planning and undertaking a 28-day cruise around Australia with her vision-impaired husband. Kate, a 63-year-old who ha…

  • visual impairments
  • travel
  • autoethnography
  • orientation and mobility
  • tactile maps
  • 3D printing
  • assistive technology
  • cognitive map
  • self-advocacy
  • accessible tourism