Literature Reviews

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

• The Perceptual Gap: Why We Need Accessible XAI for Assistive Technologies

  Shadab H. Choudhury (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '26)

  Choudhury (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) presents a position paper and targeted literature review arguing that explainable AI (XAI) — the body of methods that help users understand why a black-box model produced a particular output — is f…

  • explainable AI
  • XAI
  • artificial intelligence
  • blind and low vision
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • assistive technology
  • human-centered AI
  • accessibility research
  • AI accessibility
  • position paper

• The Case for 'Health Related Impairments and Disabilities'

  Simon Harper, Julia Mueller, Alan Davies, Hugo Nicolau, Sukru Eraslan, Yeliz Yesilada (2020) — Proceedings of the 17th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This position paper argues for recognizing a distinct category of impairments called Health-Related Impairments and Disabilities (HIIDs) that are fundamentally different from traditionally defined disabilities and therefore require different accessib…

  • health-related impairment
  • comorbidity
  • chronic illness
  • dynamic disability
  • COPD
  • accessibility theory
  • combinatorial impairment
  • position paper