Literature Reviews

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

• Scaffolding Metacognition with GenAI: Exploring Design Opportunities to Support Task Management for University Students with ADHD

  Zihao Zhu, Junnan Yu, Yuhan Luo (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This paper applies a metacognitive lens to academic task management for university students with ADHD, asking how Generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude could scaffold the awareness and regulation of one's own thinking processes…

  • ADHD
  • metacognition
  • generative AI
  • large language models
  • co-design
  • neurodivergence
  • task management
  • higher education
  • emotional regulation
  • cognitive scaffolding

• MetaCogs: Mitigating Executive Dysfunction via Agent-based Modeling for Metacognitive Strategy Development

  Rua M. Williams, Kiana Alikhademi, Imani N. S. Munyaka, Juan E. Gilbert (2022) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This study presents MetaCogs, a virtual reality experience designed to teach metacognitive strategies for managing executive dysfunction. Rather than targeting autistic or ADHD individuals as populations needing "intervention," the research centers a…

  • executive function
  • metacognition
  • autism
  • ADHD
  • virtual reality
  • cognitive accessibility
  • neurodivergence
  • agent-based modeling
  • self-regulated learning