Literature Reviews

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

• "It Looks Beautiful but Scary": How Low Vision People Navigate Stairs and Other Surface Level Changes

  Yuhang Zhao, Elizabeth Kupferstein, Doron Tal, Shiri Azenkot (2018) — Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '18)

  This qualitative study investigates how people with low vision experience and navigate surface level changes — stairs, curbs, and other depth transitions — in built environments. Using contextual inquiry, the researchers observed and interviewed 14 p…

  • low vision
  • mobility
  • navigation
  • depth perception
  • stairs
  • physical accessibility
  • contextual inquiry
  • built environment