Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
6 results found tagged accommodations.
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Infrastructuring as Collective Resistance: How Disabled Students Negotiate Access Through Technology in Universities
Ly, Cross, Tasman, Mattka, Doggett, Marathe, and Chandra examine how disabled students at a large Canadian university collectively negotiate access when the institution's individualised accommodations system fails them. Through semi-structured interv…
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Impact of Online Learning in the Context of COVID-19 on Undergraduates with Disabilities and Mental Health Concerns
This mixed-methods study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic's shift to online learning affected undergraduate students with disabilities and mental health concerns at a large US public university. The researchers compared 28 students with disabilitie…
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Understanding Disability Services Toward Improving Graduate Student Support
While approximately 19.5% of U.S. undergraduate students have disabilities, only about 7% of graduate students self-identify as disabled, and just 5.5% of computing doctorate recipients report disabilities. This steep drop-off suggests systemic barri…
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Exploring Information Systems for the Workplace Accommodation Process
This extended abstract presents doctoral research exploring how information systems (IS) can facilitate the workplace accommodation process for employees with disabilities. The research is motivated by the persistent employment gap for people with di…
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Accessible Communication and Materials in Higher Education
This doctoral consortium paper from a researcher at the University of Washington proposes a dissertation addressing two core areas of inaccessibility in higher education: inaccessible course materials (particularly slideshow presentations) and the br…
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Maintaining the Accessibility Ecosystem: a Multi-Stakeholder Analysis of Accessibility in Higher Education
This short paper examines how accessibility is created and maintained in higher education through the interactions of three key stakeholder groups: disabled students, professors, and disability service (DS) offices. The author team—comprising disable…