Literature Reviews

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

• Keeping Community-in-the-Loop: A Novel Methodology for UX Research

  M C, Clara Caldeira, Talita Pagani, Vinita Tibdewal (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

  This CHI 2026 Extended Abstracts poster from a Google research team introduces Community-in-the-Loop (CoLoop), a research and design methodology aimed at correcting the shortcomings of transactional, short-term UX research when working with people wi…

  • UX research
  • participatory design
  • co-design
  • community-based participatory research
  • disability rights
  • Global South
  • marginalized communities
  • generative AI
  • methodology

• Incorporating Procedural Fairness in Flag Submissions on Social Media Platforms

  Yunhee Shim, Shagun Jhaver (2026) — ACM Transactions on Social Computing

  This paper examines how the design choices embedded in social media flagging mechanisms shape users' perceptions of procedural fairness. Flagging — the ability for users to report posts or accounts that violate community guidelines — is a critical co…

  • content moderation
  • platform governance
  • procedural fairness
  • flagging
  • social media
  • user experience
  • accessibility
  • algorithmic moderation
  • marginalized communities
  • transparency

• "As Someone Who is Disabled, I am so thankful for Sex Work": Alternative Approaches to Access Among Disabled Sex-Workers

  Abigail Rodolitz, Vaughn Hamilton, Tamanna Tabassum, Jinny Lerner, Megan Hofmann (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates the access strategies developed by disabled sex workers, a population at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities. Through 12 semi-structured interviews with disabled individuals engaged in various forms of sex wor…

  • disability disclosure
  • intersectionality
  • marginalized communities
  • sex work
  • systems of access
  • harm reduction
  • adversarial stakeholders
  • qualitative research
  • disability employment
  • assistive strategies