Literature Reviews

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

• Airport Accessibility and Navigation Assistance for People with Visual Impairments

  João Guerreiro, Dragan Ahmetovic, Daisuke Sato, Kris Kitani, Chieko Asakawa (2019) — Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  This paper investigates whether a BLE-beacon-based smartphone navigation system can enable visually impaired travelers to move through an airport independently — a setting where they are currently required to rely on airline-provided sighted escorts …

  • airport accessibility
  • blind navigation
  • indoor navigation
  • orientation and mobility
  • visual impairment
  • blindness
  • assistive technology
  • Bluetooth Low Energy
  • beacons
  • wayfinding
  • mobile accessibility
  • independent travel

• Towards Designing Mobile Apps for Independent Travel: Exploring Current Barriers and Opportunities for Supporting Young Adults with Down's Syndrome

  A. M. Khan, P. Langdon, J. Bichard, P. J. Clarkson, S. Tunnard, L. Dubiel, P. Dunlop, M. Lennon (2021) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This comprehensive study uses a three-cycle Participatory Action Research (PAR) methodology to understand barriers to independent travel for young adults with Down's Syndrome (DS) and develop a smartphone app prototype to address them. The research i…

  • Down syndrome
  • intellectual disabilities
  • independent travel
  • public transport accessibility
  • wayfinding
  • mobile apps
  • participatory action research
  • co-design
  • navigation
  • cognitive accessibility