Literature Reviews

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

• 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

• Leveraging Participation: Supporting Skills Development of Young Adults with Intellectual Disability Using Social Media

  Andrew A. Bayor, Laurianne Sitbon, Bernd Ploderer, Filip Bircanin, Stewart Koplick, Margot Brereton (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This paper investigates how young adults with intellectual disability (ID) can leverage their existing social media participation — particularly on YouTube and Facebook — to develop new skills beyond entertainment. The researchers conducted a partici…

  • intellectual disability
  • social media
  • digital inclusion
  • participatory design
  • skills development
  • social skills
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • cognitive accessibility
  • voice search