Literature Reviews

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

• Designing Judicious Interactions for Cognitive Assistance: The Acts of Assistance Approach

  Jérémy Bauchet, Hélène Pigot, Sylvain Giroux, Dany Lussier-Desrochers, Yves Lachapelle, Mounir Mokhtari (2009) — Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '09)

  This paper presents Archipel, a cognitive orthosis developed at the DOMUS Laboratory at the University of Sherbrooke, Canada, designed to guide people with cognitive impairments through complex activities of daily living such as meal preparation. The…

  • cognitive assistance
  • intellectual disability
  • smart home
  • activities of daily living
  • pervasive computing
  • activity monitoring
  • independent living
  • adaptive systems

• Verification of Daily Activities of Older Adults: A Simple, Non-Intrusive, Low-Cost Approach

  Loïc Caroux, Charles Consel, Lucile Dupuy, Hélène Sauzéon (2014) — Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents a sensor-based approach to verifying whether older adults perform their daily activities at home, with the goal of supporting aging in place and informing caregiver decisions. The key conceptual distinction is between activity ver…

  • aging
  • activities of daily living
  • activity recognition
  • smart home
  • sensors
  • independent living
  • pervasive computing
  • older adults