Literature Reviews

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

• Understanding How Accessibility Practices Impact Teamwork in Mixed-Ability Teams that Collaborate Virtually

  Crescentia Jung, Kexin Cheng, Sharon Heung, Malte F. Jung, Shiri Azenkot (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper examines how accessibility practices shape teamwork in mixed-ability teams—teams composed of disabled and non-disabled members—who collaborate virtually. While prior research has documented individual access barriers and the accom…

  • mixed-ability teams
  • virtual collaboration
  • remote work
  • teamwork
  • accessibility practices
  • allyship
  • access labor
  • workplace accessibility
  • qualitative research

• Assistive Technology Design as a Computer Science Learning Experience

  Thomas B. McHugh, Cooper Barth (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

  This paper from Northwestern University addresses a persistent gap in computer science education: the near-complete absence of accessibility topics from non-HCI computer science courses. The authors first conducted a formative needfinding study with …

  • computer science education
  • assistive technology
  • inclusive design
  • accessibility pedagogy
  • allyship
  • programming tools
  • curriculum design

• Mixed Abilities and Varied Experiences: a group autoethnography of a virtual summer internship

  Kelly Mack, Maitraye Das, Dhruv Jain, Danielle Bragg, John Tang, Andrew Begel, Erin Beneteau, Josh Urban Davis, Abraham Glasser, Joon Sung Park, Venkatesh Potluri (2021) — Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents a group autoethnography of Microsoft Research's Ability Team during the summer 2020 virtual internship — the company's first all-remote intern cohort. Eleven team members (6 authors, 5 meta-authors) journaled their experiences ove…

  • remote work
  • mixed-ability teams
  • autoethnography
  • virtual collaboration
  • workplace accessibility
  • access labor
  • allyship
  • invisible disability
  • accommodation
  • video conferencing