Literature Reviews

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

• Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities for Richer Descriptions of Stereotypical Behaviors of Children with ASD: A Concept Exploration and Validation

  Fnu Nazneen, Fatima A. Boujarwah, Shone Sadler, Amha Mogus, Gregory D. Abowd, Rosa I. Arriaga (2010) — Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2010)

  This paper from Georgia Institute of Technology explores the concept of a wearable sensor system that can tacitly collect contextual data — physiological state, environmental conditions, and location — and map it to occurrences of stereotypical behav…

  • autism spectrum disorder
  • stereotypical behavior
  • wearable sensors
  • physiological sensing
  • participatory design
  • data visualization
  • caregiving
  • contextual data
  • behavior monitoring

• Detecting Hunchback Behavior in Autistic Children with Smart Phone Assistive Devices

  Shu-Hsien Lin (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

  This short demonstration paper presents a low-cost assistive system that uses a smartphone's built-in accelerometer to detect hunchback posture in an autistic student at the Kaohsiung Municipal Renwu Special Education School (KRSES) in Taiwan. The st…

  • autism
  • assistive technology
  • wearable technology
  • posture detection
  • special education
  • mobile technology
  • accelerometer
  • stereotypical behavior