Literature Reviews

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

• AphasiaWeb: A Social Network for Individuals with Aphasia

  Hannah Miller, Heather Buhr, Chris Johnson, Jerry Hoepner (2013) — Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents AphasiaWeb, a social network designed specifically for individuals with aphasia, an acquired language disorder typically resulting from stroke or head injury that impairs speaking, writing, and language comprehension. The authors …

  • aphasia
  • social networks
  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • participatory design
  • cognitive accessibility
  • social inclusion
  • tablet applications

• Friendsourcing the Unmet Needs of People with Dementia

  João Martins, José Carilho, Oliver Schnell, Carlos Duarte, Francisco M. Couto, Luís Carriço, Tiago Guerreiro (2014) — Proceedings of the 11th Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents a system that combines automatic smartphone-based lifelogging with friendsourcing — a form of crowdsourcing limited to a trusted social network — to create a cognitive prosthesis for people with dementia (PwD). With an estimated 3…

  • dementia
  • cognitive prosthesis
  • friendsourcing
  • crowdsourcing
  • reminiscence therapy
  • caregiver support
  • social networks
  • mobile accessibility
  • lifelogging
  • aging