Literature Reviews

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

• Improving Web and Mobile Accessibility Resources for Iranian Designers

  Laleh Nourian (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This doctoral consortium paper presents early-stage research investigating how cultural differences affect accessible design practices, with a specific focus on Iranian designers. The author, Laleh Nourian at Rochester Institute of Technology, frames…

  • global accessibility
  • cultural accessibility
  • postcolonial computing
  • accessibility education
  • Global South accessibility
  • bidirectional interfaces
  • accessible design
  • WCAG

• Challenges and Considerations for Accessibility Research Across Cultures and Regions

  Laleh Nourian, Yulia Goldenberg, Muhammad Adamu, Vikram Kamath Cannanure, Catherine Holloway, Neha Kumar, Katharina Reinecke, Garreth W. Tigwell (2024) — Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2024)

  This workshop proposal addresses a critical blind spot in accessibility research: its overwhelming bias toward Western, Global North perspectives. Drawing on postcolonial and decolonial computing frameworks, the authors argue that despite the rapid e…

  • cross-cultural accessibility
  • Global South
  • postcolonial computing
  • decolonial computing
  • HCI4D
  • inclusive research
  • cross-regional studies
  • cultural differences