Literature Reviews

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

• Towards Accessible Mobility Support: User-Centered Design of a Passive, Multi-Functional, Low-Cost Knee Exoskeleton

  Yuyu Lin, Yujia Liu, Emma Kim, Alexandra Ion (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  Lin et al. (Carnegie Mellon) propose a fully passive, unpowered knee exoskeleton that aims to sit in the gap between two unsatisfying options currently available to people with mobility impairments: static knee-ankle-foot orthoses (KAFOs), which are …

  • exoskeleton
  • orthosis
  • knee brace
  • mobility
  • rehabilitation
  • gait
  • wearable technology
  • assistive technology
  • user-centered design
  • HCI fabrication
  • stance-control orthosis
  • low-cost assistive technology
  • participatory design

• The Eyes Have It: Visual Feedback Methods to Make Walking in Immersive Virtual Reality More Accessible for People With Mobility Impairments While Utilizing Head-Mounted Displays

  M. Rasel Mahmud, Alberto Cordova, John Quarles (2023) — Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2023)

  This paper addresses a critical accessibility barrier in VR: head-mounted displays (HMDs) obstruct peripheral vision of the real world, causing gait disturbances that are particularly dangerous for people with mobility impairments who rely on visual …

  • virtual reality
  • mobility impairment
  • multiple sclerosis
  • gait
  • visual feedback
  • head-mounted display
  • accessibility
  • balance