Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
10 results found tagged self-regulation.
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Collaboration and Assistive Technology: Facilitating Joint Awareness for Noise Sensitivity
People with noise sensitivity (PWNS) - including those with misophonia, hyperacusis, and tinnitus, and overlapping strongly with the autistic community (estimated 45% prevalence) - experience everyday sounds as painful, distressing, or overwhelming. …
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Advancing Inclusive Digital Well-Being Tools: How Neurodivergent Students Use Distraction Blockers
This CHI 2026 paper asks whether digital distraction blockers — Apple Screen Time, Forest, Freedom, StayFocusd, and similar tools — actually serve the neurodivergent post-secondary students who are arguably their most marginal audience, or whether bl…
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Turning Off-The-Shelf Games into Biofeedback Games
This demonstration paper presents two systems that convert existing commercial off-the-shelf games into biofeedback (BF) training games for people with cognitive impairments. Biofeedback training — particularly neurofeedback using EEG — has been show…
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Would You Be Mine: Appropriating Minecraft as an Assistive Technology for Youth with Autism
This paper presents findings from a 24-month digital ethnography of Autcraft, a semi-private Minecraft server created for children with autism and their allies, examining how this community has appropriated the game into a variety of assistive techno…
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WeLi: A Smartwatch Application to Assist Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This poster paper presents WeLi (Wearable Life), a smartwatch application designed to assist students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) in post-secondary educational environments. The system was developed for and deployed at Mas…
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COSMA: Cooperative Self-Management Tool for Adolescents with Autism
This student research competition paper presents COSMA, a mobile application prototype designed to support cooperative self-management of behavior for adolescents with autism during their transition through puberty. Adolescence is particularly challe…
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Designing Post-Trauma Self-Regulation Apps for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This paper explores how to design mobile apps that help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) engage in post-trauma self-regulation (PTSR) — activities that help manage negative emotional effects like anxiety, grief, and stre…
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Investigation into Stress Triggers in Autistic Adults for the Development of Technological Self-Interventions
This paper presents findings from a large-scale online survey of over 200 autistic adults and caregivers, investigating common stress triggers and the role of technology in stress management. The research is the initial phase of a broader project aim…
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Understanding Noise Sensitivity through Interactions in Two Online Autism Forums
This qualitative study examines how autistic people discuss and manage noise sensitivity by analyzing posts and comments from two online autism forums. Noise sensitivity is one of the most prevalent sensory processing challenges for autistic individu…
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Accessibility through Awareness of Noise Sensitivity Management and Regulation Practices
This paper investigates how people with noise sensitivity (PWNS) manage and regulate their responses to sound, and identifies opportunities for technology-mediated support. Noise sensitivity — experiencing sounds as disproportionately distressing, pa…