Literature Reviews

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

• Accuracy as Autonomy: How Reliable Information Enables Choice in Wheelchair-Accessible Taxi Services

  Hyunseon Won, Seoyoung Park, Sejung Son, Taenyun Kim, Jinyoung Han (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '26)

  Won and colleagues (Sungkyunkwan University and Michigan State) investigate how the accuracy of AI-predicted information in accessibility-oriented services affects users' psychological needs and technology acceptance, using Seoul's Wheelchair-Accessi…

  • transportation accessibility
  • wheelchair users
  • paratransit
  • self-determination
  • autonomy
  • technology acceptance
  • machine learning
  • mobility
  • physical disability
  • psychological needs

• When the World Opens Up: Journeys of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Social Virtual Reality

  Alexandra Covaci, Winnie Tsang, Sophia Ppali, Paraskevi Triantafyllopoulou, Monica Perusquia-Hernandez, Oscar Zhou, Fotis Liarokapis, Marios Constantinides, Mohamed Khamis, Shujun Li (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper challenges the dominant remedial paradigm in HCI research on virtual reality and people with intellectual disabilities (ID), which has largely framed VR as a tool for training functional life skills (cooking, shopping, transport) …

  • intellectual disability
  • virtual reality
  • social VR
  • VRChat
  • disability justice
  • participatory design
  • self-determination
  • interdependence
  • digital citizenship
  • crip technoscience
  • reflexive thematic analysis
  • easy read

• 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

• Digital Strategies for Supporting Strengths- and Interests-based Learning with Children with Autism

  Cara Wilson, Margot Brereton, Bernd Ploderer, Laurianne Sitbon, Beth Saggers (2017) — Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper investigates how an open-ended audio-visual calendaring app called MeCalendar was appropriated by children with autism and their teachers in classroom settings, shifting the focus from deficit-remediation to strengths- and interests-based …

  • autism
  • educational technology
  • children
  • strengths-based approach
  • self-determination
  • participatory design
  • inclusive design
  • classroom technology
  • self-expression
  • neurodiversity

• Cyborg Pride: Self-Design in e-NABLE

  Peregrine Hawthorn, Daniel Ashbrook (2017) — Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This experience report documents the journey of Peregrine Hawthorn, born without fingers on his left hand, from being a recipient of a 3D-printed e-NABLE prosthetic hand to becoming an active designer, fabricator, and advocate for self-efficacy withi…

  • 3D printing
  • DIY assistive technology
  • prosthetics
  • disability identity
  • self-determination
  • open source
  • participatory design
  • limb difference
  • maker culture

• HowToApp: Supporting Life Skills Development of Young Adults with Intellectual Disability

  Andrew A. Bayor (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This student research abstract describes the co-design and preliminary evaluation of HowToApp, a mobile application that helps young adults with intellectual disability (ID) search for, watch, archive, and share YouTube videos related to their person…

  • intellectual disability
  • co-design
  • social media
  • YouTube
  • skills development
  • ability-based design
  • digital inclusion
  • self-determination
  • cognitive accessibility

• Artificial Intelligence and the Dignity of Risk

  Emily Shea Tanis, Clayton Lewis (2020) — SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing

  This paper examines the dual risks and opportunities that AI-based systems pose for people with cognitive disabilities, framed around the concept of the "dignity of risk" — the right to make self-directed choices about tradeoffs between risks and ben…

  • AI fairness
  • cognitive disability
  • dignity of risk
  • privacy
  • algorithmic bias
  • self-determination
  • consumer protection
  • data ethics