Literature Reviews

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

• Overcoming the New Accessibility Challenges Using the Sweet Framework

  Gollapudi VRJ Sai Prasad, T. B. Dinesh, Venkatesh Choppella (2014) — Proceedings of the 11th Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper argues for a broader definition of web accessibility that extends beyond disability to encompass linguistic, socio-cultural, and cognitive barriers faced by all users, a concept the authors call "New Accessibility." The research proposes a…

  • web inclusion
  • crowdsourcing
  • renarration
  • linguistic accessibility
  • cultural accessibility
  • cognitive accessibility
  • metadata
  • collaborative annotation
  • semantic web

• Creating questionnaires that align with ASL linguistic principles and cultural practices within the Deaf community

  Rachel Boll, Shruti Mahajan, Jeanne Reis, Erin T. Solovey (2020) — ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This poster paper from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and The Learning Center for the Deaf addresses a fundamental gap in HCI research methodology: most interactive computing tools, including survey and questionnaire platforms, are designed exclusiv…

  • deaf
  • American Sign Language
  • questionnaire design
  • research methods
  • Deaf culture
  • linguistic accessibility
  • culturally responsive design