Literature Reviews

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

• Access Over Deception: Fighting Deceptive Patterns through Accessibility

  Tobias Pellkvist, Katie Seaborn, Miu Kojima (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This exploratory paper asks whether the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and related European legislation — the European Accessibility Act (EAA), the Digital Services Act (DSA), and the upcoming Digital Fairness Act (DFA) — can be repurpos…

  • dark patterns
  • deceptive design
  • manipulative interfaces
  • heuristic evaluation
  • web accessibility
  • legislation
  • design ethics
  • WCAG compliance

• The United States' Legislative Impact on eAccessibility: What the European Union Can Learn

  Robert Huffaker (2014) — Proceedings of the 11th Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper compares accessibility legislation and enforcement mechanisms in the United States and European Union, examining how each region's legal framework impacts website accessibility for people with disabilities. The author traces the evolution …

  • accessibility law
  • policy
  • Section 508
  • ADA
  • European Union
  • public procurement
  • WCAG
  • legislation
  • digital accessibility