Literature Reviews

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

• Towards Devising a Low-cost and Easy-to-use Arithmetic Learning Framework for Economically Less-privileged Visually Impaired Children

  Tusher Chakraborty, Taslim Arefin Khan, A. B. M. Alim Al Islam (2018) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper addresses a critical gap in assistive technology: the lack of affordable, easy-to-use tools for teaching arithmetic to visually impaired children in low-income countries. While assistive calculators and digital tools exist, they are prohib…

  • visual impairment
  • blindness
  • mathematics education
  • low-resource settings
  • Braille
  • assistive technology
  • Global South
  • participatory design
  • children

• Bridging the Divide: Exploring the use of digital and physical technology to aid mobility impaired people living in an informal settlement

  Giulia Barbareschi, Ben Oldfrey, Long Xin, Grace Nyachomba Magomere, Wycliffe Ambeyi Wetende, Carol Wanjira, Joyce Olenja, Victoria Austin, Catherine Holloway (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

  This qualitative study examines how people with mobility impairments living in Kibera, one of the largest informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, use both traditional assistive technology (wheelchairs and tricycles) and digital technology (mobile pho…

  • mobility impairment
  • assistive technology
  • wheelchairs
  • mobile phones
  • informal settlements
  • Global South
  • human infrastructure
  • interdependence
  • ICT4D
  • low-resource settings

• 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