Literature Reviews

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

• "I followed what felt right, not what I was told": Autonomy, Coaching, and Recognizing Bias Through AI-Mediated Dialogue

  Atieh Taheri, Hamza El Alaoui, Patrick Carrington, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 experimental study tests whether brief AI-mediated dialogue can shift people's recognition of ableist microaggressions, and whether the direction of AI coaching (biased, inclusive, or absent) changes the nature of that shift. The author…

  • ableism
  • microaggressions
  • bias recognition
  • AI-mediated dialogue
  • large language models
  • disability studies
  • human-AI interaction
  • intervention design
  • vignette study
  • experimental HCI
  • framing
  • nudging

• Nothing Micro About It: Examining Ableist Microaggressions on Social Media

  Sharon Heung, Mahika Phutane, Shiri Azenkot, Megh Marathe, Aditya Vashistha (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This paper presents the first study examining how disabled people experience ableist microaggressions specifically on social media. The researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 participants with various disabilities — including physic…

  • ableism
  • microaggressions
  • social media
  • disability identity
  • content moderation
  • online harassment
  • disability disclosure
  • intersectionality