Literature Reviews

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

• Exploring pedagogical culture for accessibility education in computing science

  Sarah Lewthwaite, David Sloan (2016) — Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper examines the state of accessibility education in computing science through the lens of pedagogy—the theory and practice of teaching and learning. Lewthwaite and Sloan argue that while significant efforts are underway to embed accessibility…

  • accessibility education
  • pedagogy
  • computing science education
  • curriculum development
  • capacity building
  • teaching methods

• Teaching accessibility as a shared endeavour: building capacity across academic and workplace contexts

  Andy Coverdale, Sarah Lewthwaite, Sarah Horton (2022) — Proceedings of the 19th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This short paper reports on qualitative research with 30 expert accessibility educators from academia and the workplace, drawn from a larger study called "Teaching Accessibility in the Digital Skill Set" (2019-2024). Using expert panel method — a par…

  • accessibility education
  • pedagogy
  • higher education
  • workplace training
  • capacity building
  • organizational accessibility
  • cross-disciplinary

• Accessibility Research Across Borders: Collaboration and Community Building in Accessibility and ICTD Research

  Tamanna Motahar, Vaishnav Kameswaran, Sara Moin, Vikram Kamath Cannanure, Maitraye Das, Giulia Barbareschi, Laura Sanely Gaytán-Lugo, Aditya Vashistha, Kurtis Heimerl, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Neha Kumar, Nova Ahmed, Maya Cakmak (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This workshop paper proposes and describes an ASSETS 2025 workshop exploring collaboration and community building at the intersection of accessibility research and Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD). The organizers — a …

  • global south
  • ICTD
  • community building
  • collaboration
  • affordable assistive technology
  • capacity building
  • inclusive research
  • low-resource settings