Literature Reviews

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

• Advancing Inclusive Digital Well-Being Tools: How Neurodivergent Students Use Distraction Blockers

  Marvel Chrismatheo Hariadi, Kevin Chow, Joanna McGrenere (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper asks whether digital distraction blockers — Apple Screen Time, Forest, Freedom, StayFocusd, and similar tools — actually serve the neurodivergent post-secondary students who are arguably their most marginal audience, or whether bl…

  • neurodivergence
  • ADHD
  • autism spectrum disorder
  • generalized anxiety disorder
  • distraction blockers
  • digital well-being
  • cognitive accessibility
  • inclusive design
  • assistive technology
  • self-regulation
  • hyperfocus
  • higher education
  • neuronormativity
  • reflexive thematic analysis
  • self-stigma