Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
17 results found tagged disability rights.
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Keeping Community-in-the-Loop: A Novel Methodology for UX Research
This CHI 2026 Extended Abstracts poster from a Google research team introduces Community-in-the-Loop (CoLoop), a research and design methodology aimed at correcting the shortcomings of transactional, short-term UX research when working with people wi…
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"Computer Says No": Disabled Welfare Experiences and Envisioned Futures Under AI Governance
Curtis and colleagues investigate how people with aphasia — a language impairment most often caused by stroke that affects reading, writing, speech, and comprehension — experience the increasingly digitised and AI-automated UK welfare state, and how …
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Alliance for Technology Access: Making Assistive Technology Accessible to the Community
This one-page briefing paper describes the Alliance for Technology Access (ATA), a national network of over 40 community-based, consumer-driven technology resource centers headquartered in San Rafael, California. At the time of publication, the netwo…
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Disability Studies as a Source of Critical Inquiry for the Field of Assistive Technology
This keynote-style paper argues that the assistive technology (AT) research community should draw more deeply from disability studies scholarship to improve both the problems it chooses to address and its research methods. The authors — two of whom i…
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Empowering Individuals with Do-It-Yourself Assistive Technology
This paper investigates the potential of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) approaches to address the persistent problem of assistive technology abandonment, where 35% or more of purchased AT devices end up unused. The authors argue that empowering non-engineers t…
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Accessible Crowdwork? Understanding the Value in and Challenge of Microtask Employment for People with Disabilities
This paper presents the first formal study of crowdworkers who have disabilities, using a mixed-methods approach combining in-depth interviews with 17 people (8 disabled crowdworkers and 9 job coaches for people with disabilities) and a survey of 631…
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How Could Equality and Data Protection Law Shape AI Fairness for People with Disabilities?
This interdisciplinary paper examines how UK equality law and EU data protection law (GDPR) intersect with AI fairness for people with disabilities (PWD). The authors argue that AI fairness for PWD requires a fundamentally different approach than for…
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The Invisible Work of Accessibility: How Blind Employees Manage Accessibility in Mixed-Ability Workplaces
This qualitative field study examines how blind employees navigate accessibility in shared office environments where they work alongside sighted colleagues. The researchers conducted a multi-session study with five blind office workers (ages 25-54) a…
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Global Considerations in Creating an Organizational Web Accessibility Policy
This paper from The Paciello Group examines the legislative and policy landscape for web accessibility across five countries — Australia, Brazil, China, India, and South Africa — to help multinational organisations develop global accessibility polici…
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Exploring Web Accessibility Solutions in Developing Regions as Innovations for the Benefit of All
Written by two leaders of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative, this paper explores the particular web accessibility challenges facing people with disabilities in developing regions and argues that solving these challenges will drive innovations bene…