Literature Reviews

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

• Anticipate and Adjust: Cultivating Access in Human-Centered Methods

  Kelly Mack, Emma McDonnell, Venkatesh Potluri, Maggie Xu, Jailyn Zabala, Jeffrey Bigham, Jennifer Mankoff, Cynthia Bennett (2022) — CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  This paper investigates how accessibility experts make human-centered research methods accessible for both disabled participants and disabled facilitators. Through 17 interviews with US and Canadian accessibility experts (13 researchers and 4 communi…

  • research methods
  • accessibility
  • disability
  • participatory design
  • user research
  • inclusive research
  • access labor
  • crip time
  • interdependence
  • mixed-ability teams

• Representing Users in Accessibility Research

  Andrew Sears, Vicki L. Hanson (2012) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This position paper challenges common practices in accessibility research where studies intended to benefit people with disabilities are conducted without including representative users from those populations. The authors—prominent accessibility rese…

  • research methodology
  • user studies
  • inclusive research
  • participant recruitment
  • disability research

• Design and Psychometric Evaluation of an American Sign Language Translation of the System Usability Scale

  Matt Huenerfauth, Kasmira Patel, Larwan Berke (2017) — Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '17)

  This paper addresses a significant gap in accessibility research methodology: the lack of standardized usability questionnaires available in American Sign Language (ASL) for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) participants. The System Usability Scale (SUS…

  • sign language
  • deaf accessibility
  • usability testing
  • survey translation
  • psychometrics
  • American Sign Language
  • research methods
  • inclusive research

• Usability Testing - An Aphasia Perspective

  Abi Roper, Ian Davey, Stephanie Wilson, Timothy Neate, Jane Marshall, Brian Grellmann (2018) — Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2018)

  This experience report from City, University of London presents how classic usability testing methods were adapted to include people with aphasia, co-authored with Ian Davey, a person with aphasia who participated in the adapted testing. Aphasia is a…

  • aphasia
  • usability testing
  • cognitive accessibility
  • stroke
  • communication accessibility
  • participatory design
  • speech and language therapy
  • inclusive research

• Challenges and Considerations for Accessibility Research Across Cultures and Regions

  Laleh Nourian, Yulia Goldenberg, Muhammad Adamu, Vikram Kamath Cannanure, Catherine Holloway, Neha Kumar, Katharina Reinecke, Garreth W. Tigwell (2024) — Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2024)

  This workshop proposal addresses a critical blind spot in accessibility research: its overwhelming bias toward Western, Global North perspectives. Drawing on postcolonial and decolonial computing frameworks, the authors argue that despite the rapid e…

  • cross-cultural accessibility
  • Global South
  • postcolonial computing
  • decolonial computing
  • HCI4D
  • inclusive research
  • cross-regional studies
  • cultural differences

• From research participant to co-researcher: Chloe's story on co-designing inclusive technologies with people with intellectual disability

  Choe Haidenhofer, Laurianne Sitbon, Chris P Beaumont, Maria Hoogstrate, Jessica L Korte (2024) — ASSETS 2024: 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This experience report centers the voice of Chloe Haidenhofer, a woman with intellectual disability who has transitioned from research participant to co-researcher over five years of collaboration with the inclusive design technologies team at Queens…

  • intellectual disability
  • co-design
  • social robots
  • inclusive research
  • co-researcher
  • participatory design
  • museum accessibility
  • assistive robotics

• Accessibility Research Across Borders: Collaboration and Community Building in Accessibility and ICTD Research

  Tamanna Motahar, Vaishnav Kameswaran, Sara Moin, Vikram Kamath Cannanure, Maitraye Das, Giulia Barbareschi, Laura Sanely Gaytán-Lugo, Aditya Vashistha, Kurtis Heimerl, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Neha Kumar, Nova Ahmed, Maya Cakmak (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This workshop paper proposes and describes an ASSETS 2025 workshop exploring collaboration and community building at the intersection of accessibility research and Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD). The organizers — a …

  • global south
  • ICTD
  • community building
  • collaboration
  • affordable assistive technology
  • capacity building
  • inclusive research
  • low-resource settings

• Ethical Concerns when Working with Mixed-Ability Groups of Children

  Ana O. Henriques, Patricia Piedade, Filipa Rocha, Isabel Neto, Hugo Nicolau (2024) — Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '24)

  This paper critically examines the ethical challenges researchers face when conducting studies involving mixed-ability groups of children — groups that include both children with and without disabilities working together. The authors draw on two case…

  • ethics
  • mixed-ability groups
  • children
  • participatory design
  • inclusive research
  • human-computer interaction
  • human-robot interaction