Literature Reviews

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

• Sensation Augmentation to Relieve Pressure Sore Formation in Wheelchair Users

  Raphael P. Rush (2009) — Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '09)

  This paper presents SoreStop, an Arduino-based sensory augmentation device designed to prevent pressure sore formation in wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries. Pressure sores (decubitus ulcers) are a major cause of injury and death among patien…

  • pressure ulcer
  • spinal cord injury
  • wheelchair
  • sensory augmentation
  • assistive technology
  • wearable technology
  • health monitoring

• Fairness Issues in AI Systems that Augment Sensory Abilities

  Leah Findlater, Steven Goodman, Yuhang Zhao, Shiri Azenkot, Margot Hanley (2020) — SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing

  This paper examines the unique fairness challenges that arise when AI systems are used to augment sensory abilities for people with disabilities — a context distinct from other AI applications because these systems provide information that is already…

  • AI fairness
  • sensory augmentation
  • visual impairment
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • privacy
  • object recognition
  • sound awareness
  • algorithmic bias
  • ethics