Literature Reviews

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

• Addressing the Situational Impairments Encountered by Firefighters through the Design of Alerts

  Flynn Wolf, Priyanka Soni, Ravi Kuber, Dianne Pawluk, Brian Turnage (2019) — Proceedings of the 16th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper describes a structured multi-step approach to designing multimodal alerts for firefighters who experience severe situationally-induced impairments and disabilities (SIIDs) at fire scenes — thick smoke restricting vision, loud noise from co…

  • situational impairment
  • situational disability
  • haptic feedback
  • multimodal interaction
  • participatory design
  • firefighting
  • alert design
  • situational awareness
  • wearable technology
  • tactile feedback