Literature Reviews

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

• Comic Spin: A Comic Creation Tool Enabling Self-expression for People with Aphasia

  Carla Tamburro, Timothy Neate, Abi Roper, Stephanie Wilson (2022) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  Comic Spin is a tablet application (iOS and Android) designed to enable people with aphasia to create comic strips through a constrained creativity approach. Aphasia, typically caused by stroke, affects language abilities including reading, writing, …

  • aphasia
  • creativity support tools
  • constrained creativity
  • self-expression
  • stroke
  • language impairment
  • accessible design
  • mobile application

• Accessible Creativity with a Comic Spin

  Carla Tamburro, Timothy Neate, Abi Roper, Stephanie Wilson (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

  This paper presents Comic Spin, a tablet-based app (iOS and Android) designed to enable people with aphasia to create short comic strips. Aphasia, most commonly caused by stroke, affects language abilities including reading, writing, speaking, and li…

  • aphasia
  • creativity support tools
  • constrained creativity
  • cognitive accessibility
  • participatory design
  • content creation
  • disability arts