Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
11 results found tagged social model of disability.
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Let's Make a Community [of Practice]: Using Community-Based Participatory Design to Support Interdependence
Accessibility and HCI research on dementia has moved away from the medical-model framing of 'recipients of care' toward dementia-friendly communities, interdependence, and person-centred support. But Czech and colleagues note a gap: most of this work…
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Disability Studies as a Source of Critical Inquiry for the Field of Assistive Technology
This keynote-style paper argues that the assistive technology (AT) research community should draw more deeply from disability studies scholarship to improve both the problems it chooses to address and its research methods. The authors — two of whom i…
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Interdependence as a Frame for Assistive Technology Research and Design
This influential paper introduces interdependence as a complementary frame to the traditional focus on independence in assistive technology research and design. The authors argue that "independence" — long the unquestioned gold standard of AT design …
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Accessibility 2.0: People, Policies and Processes
This influential paper by a multi-institutional UK team argues that the WAI's predominantly technology-focused approach to web accessibility is counter-productive, and proposes "Accessibility 2.0" — a user-focused, contextual, pluralistic alternative…
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One World, One Web ... But Great Diversity
This provocative paper challenges the dominant WAI/WCAG-centric model of web accessibility, arguing that its narrow focus on guideline conformance of individual digital resources fails to account for the diversity of user needs, contexts of use, and …
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Understanding Mental Ill-health as Psychosocial Disability: Implications for Assistive Technology
This paper argues that mental ill-health — including depression, anxiety, and other mental, emotional, or cognitive experiences — should be understood as psychosocial disability and examined through a social model lens rather than exclusively through…
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What difference does tech make? Conceptualizations of Disability and Assistive Technology among Kenyan Youth
This paper examines how young Kenyans without disabilities conceptualize both disability and assistive technology (AT), addressing a significant gap in accessibility research that has predominantly focused on Global North perspectives. While over 80%…
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Understanding the Role of Socio-Technical Infrastructures on the Organization of Access for the Mixed-Ability Collaborators
This doctoral consortium paper presents a PhD research agenda investigating how socio-technical infrastructures shape the negotiation and distribution of access for mixed-ability collaborators. Yıldız draws on the Social Model of Disability and Socia…
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Exploring Disability Culture Through Accounts of Disabled Innovators of Accessibility Technology
This paper explores how disability culture — the celebration of the positive aspects of disability experience including community, solidarity, and creativity — can inform the design and research of accessibility technologies. The authors first synthe…
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NeuroBridge: Using Generative AI to Bridge Cross-neurotype Communication Differences through Neurotypical Perspective-taking
This paper presents NeuroBridge, an LLM-powered interactive platform designed to help neurotypical individuals better understand autistic communication styles and reflect on their own role in cross-neurotype communication breakdowns. The system is gr…