Literature Reviews

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

• Picture Planner: A Cognitively Accessible Personal Activity Scheduling Application

  Thomas Keating (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This paper presents Picture Planner, an icon-driven personal activity scheduling application developed by Eugene Research Institute for individuals with cognitive disabilities. The application addresses a significant gap in accessible software: while…

  • cognitive accessibility
  • cognitive disabilities
  • intellectual disability
  • activities of daily living
  • self-management
  • icon-based interface
  • self-determination
  • life skills
  • visual prompts
  • scheduling

• Solo: Interactive Task Guidance

  Edmund LoPresti, Ned Kirsch, Richard Simpson, Debra Schreckenghost (2005) — Proceedings of the 7th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '05)

  This paper describes Solo, a cognitive orthosis being developed by AT Sciences, the University of Michigan, the University of Pittsburgh, and TRACLabs to help cognitively impaired clients and their caregivers manage daily activities. Solo builds on t…

  • cognitive assistive technology
  • traumatic brain injury
  • cognitive disability
  • task guidance
  • scheduling
  • independent living
  • telerehabilitation
  • cognitive prosthetic