Literature Reviews

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

• Increasing access to information for the print disabled through electronic documents in SGML

  Bart Bauwens, Jan Engelen, Filip Evenepoel, Chris Tobin, Tom Wesley (1994) — Proceedings of the First Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '94)

  This paper describes work by the CAPS Consortium (Communication and Access to Information for People with Special Needs), an EU-funded project, and ICADD (International Committee on Accessible Document Design) to build accessibility into SGML (Standa…

  • document accessibility
  • SGML
  • structured documents
  • print disability
  • braille
  • large print
  • standards
  • accessible publishing
  • European accessibility

• Understanding Web Accessibility and Its Drivers

  Yeliz Yesilada, Giorgio Brajnik, Markel Vigo, Simon Harper (2012) — Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This highly cited study surveyed over 300 people with an interest in web accessibility to investigate how the community defines accessibility, what motivates people to work on it, and which definitions are most widely accepted. The authors note that …

  • accessibility theory
  • accessibility definitions
  • user experience
  • usability
  • accessibility policy
  • community
  • standards
  • disability models

• Web Accessibility Guidelines for the 2020s

  Michael Cooper (2016) — Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  Written by W3C/WAI staff member Michael Cooper, this paper provides an insider perspective on the strategic direction of web accessibility guidelines following the completion of the 2.0 suite — WCAG 2.0 (finalized 2008), ATAG 2.0 (2015), and UAAG 2.0…

  • web accessibility
  • WCAG
  • WAI-ARIA
  • standards
  • guidelines
  • W3C
  • cognitive accessibility
  • mobile accessibility
  • low vision