Literature Reviews

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

• Health Problem Solving by Older Persons Using a Complex Government Web Site: Analysis and Implications for Web Design

  Sara J. Czaja, Joseph Sharit, Chin Chin Lee, Sankaran N. Nair, Mark S. Hernández, Nelida Arana, Shih-Han Fu (2011) — ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

  This study examined how older adults (ages 50-85) navigate Medicare.gov to complete a realistic health-related task: finding quality ratings for home health care agencies. The researchers recruited 112 participants stratified by age decade (50s, 60s,…

  • older adults
  • cognitive accessibility
  • health information seeking
  • web usability
  • government websites
  • problem solving
  • hierarchical task analysis
  • cognitive aging

• Digital Independence Linked to Functional Independence among Adults with Intellectual Disability

  Theja Kuruppu Arachchi, Laurianne Sitbon, Jinglan Zhang, Stewart Koplick, Maria Hoogstrate, Margot Brereton (2025) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This study investigates the relationship between digital independence (the ability to access and use digital technologies for information) and functional independence (the ability to perform daily living tasks) among adults with intellectual disabili…

  • intellectual disability
  • executive function
  • digital independence
  • functional independence
  • health information seeking
  • cluster analysis
  • inclusive design
  • user profiling