Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
11 results found tagged chronic illness.
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Beyond Conventional Health Technologies: Investigating Design Opportunities for Improving Self-management in People with Multiple Sclerosis
This qualitative HCI study investigates how people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) use existing health technologies to manage their symptoms and condition in daily life outside clinical settings. MS is a chronic neurological condition causing fluctuatin…
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Technology Devices for Older Adults to Aid Self Management of Chronic Health Conditions
This University of Dundee study investigates older adults' opinions and attitudes toward technology devices that could be used as part of a telecare system for self-managing chronic health conditions. The research was conducted through technology eva…
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(In)Visibility in Disability and Assistive Technology
This paper presents a meta-analysis examining how visibility operates in the experience of disability and the design of assistive technologies. The authors analyze data from three of their previous studies—Autcraft (a Minecraft server for children wi…
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Exploring the Strategies People with Parkinson's Disease Use to Self-track Symptoms and Medications
This qualitative study investigates how people with Parkinson's Disease (PwPD) track their symptoms, medications, and physical activities, with the goal of informing inclusive design of self-tracking technologies. The researchers conducted semi-struc…
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Accessibility in Textile Crafting: A Critical Reflection on Making Technology, Disability, and Community
This paper examines what accessibility means in the context of textile crafting through a cross-sectional survey of 184 crafters with disabilities. The authors—both disabled/neurodivergent crafters and HCI researchers—adopt a critical participatory a…
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Accessibility in Textile Crafting: A Critical Reflection on Making Technology, Disability, and Community
This study examines what accessibility means for textile crafters with disabilities through a cross-sectional survey of 184 participants. The authors—both disabled/neurodivergent crafters themselves—use critical participatory action research (CPAR) t…
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Living Disability Theory: Reflections on Access, Research, and Design
This paper presents a reflexive autoethnographic analysis by three accessibility researchers (Hofmann, Mankoff, Bennett) and one disability studies scholar (Kasnitz), all of whom are disabled, examining how their lived experiences of disability inter…
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The Case for 'Health Related Impairments and Disabilities'
This position paper argues for recognizing a distinct category of impairments called Health-Related Impairments and Disabilities (HIIDs) that are fundamentally different from traditionally defined disabilities and therefore require different accessib…
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VIDDE: Visualizations for Helping People with COPD Interpret Dyspnea During Exercise
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects approximately 10% of the adult population and is a leading cause of physical disability worldwide. People with COPD experience dyspnea (breathing discomfort) during physical exertion, which often t…
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Chronically Under-Addressed: Considerations for HCI Accessibility Practice with Chronically Ill People
This paper argues that HCI accessibility research has largely overlooked people with chronic illnesses, typically approaching them through a medical lens focused on symptom tracking and treatment compliance rather than recognizing their broader acces…