Literature Reviews

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

• Picture Planner: A Cognitively Accessible Personal Activity Scheduling Application

  Thomas Keating (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This paper presents Picture Planner, an icon-driven personal activity scheduling application developed by Eugene Research Institute for individuals with cognitive disabilities. The application addresses a significant gap in accessible software: while…

  • cognitive accessibility
  • cognitive disabilities
  • intellectual disability
  • activities of daily living
  • self-management
  • icon-based interface
  • self-determination
  • life skills
  • visual prompts
  • scheduling

• Designing Gesture-Based Applications for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Guidelines from User Studies in India

  Sumita Sharma, Blessin Varkey, Krishnaveni Achary, Jaakko Hakulinen, Markku Turunen, Tomi Heimonen, Saurabh Srivastava, Nitendra Rajput (2018) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)

  This paper presents the design, evaluation, and resulting guidelines from three gesture-based applications created for individuals with developmental disabilities in India, developed through a long-term collaboration with Tamana, an NGO and special e…

  • developmental disabilities
  • gesture interaction
  • special education
  • inclusive design
  • Global South accessibility
  • autism spectrum disorder
  • intellectual disability
  • Kinect
  • life skills