Literature Reviews

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

• Social Play Between Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Hearing Peers: Learning from Children and School Ecosystems

  Jing Zhao, Isabel Neto, Michaela Okosi, Paulo Vaz de Carvalho, Hugo Nicolau (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper investigates how Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) children and their hearing peers engage in social play on school playgrounds, and how the surrounding school ecosystem shapes those interactions. The authors frame the work with Bron…

  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • DHH children
  • social play
  • school ecosystem
  • peer culture
  • child agency
  • field study
  • bilingual education
  • deaf culture
  • inclusive education
  • sign language
  • cochlear implant
  • hearing aid

• ASL CLeaR: STEM Education Tools for Deaf Students

  Jeanne Reis, Erin T. Solovey, Jon Henner, Kathleen Johnson, Robert Hoffmeister (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This demonstration paper introduces ASL CLeaR (American Sign Language STEM Concept Learning Resource), a free online educational platform designed to address a critical gap in STEM education for deaf and hard of hearing students. The authors identify…

  • deaf
  • hard of hearing
  • American Sign Language
  • STEM education
  • educational technology
  • bilingual education
  • vocabulary learning
  • visual language

• Sign'Maths: An Interactive Dictionary in French Sign Language

  Camille Nadal, Christophe Collet (2017) — Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  Sign'Maths is an online interactive dictionary designed to give deaf students access to mathematical definitions in French Sign Language (LSF). The project emerges from a significant gap in deaf education: while France legally recognized Sign Languag…

  • deaf education
  • sign language
  • e-learning
  • mathematical accessibility
  • bilingual education
  • user-centered design
  • French Sign Language