Literature Reviews

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

• Understanding Mental Ill-health as Psychosocial Disability: Implications for Assistive Technology

  Kathryn E. Ringland, Jennifer Nicholas, Rachel Kornfield, Emily G. Lattie, David C. Mohr, Madhu Reddy (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This paper argues that mental ill-health — including depression, anxiety, and other mental, emotional, or cognitive experiences — should be understood as psychosocial disability and examined through a social model lens rather than exclusively through…

  • psychosocial disability
  • mental health
  • depression
  • anxiety
  • social model of disability
  • stigma
  • assistive technology
  • disability studies
  • self-management
  • invisible disability

• Exploring Collective Medical Knowledge and Tensions in Online ADHD Communities

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

  This doctoral consortium paper proposes a dissertation investigating how online ADHD communities on social media platforms serve as digitally-mediated support systems for neurodivergent individuals. The author, a neurodivergent HCI researcher at UC S…

  • ADHD
  • neurodiversity
  • online communities
  • digital mental health
  • social media
  • psychosocial disability
  • techno-solutionism
  • critical disability theory
  • peer support