Literature Reviews

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

• A context aware handheld wayfinding system for individuals with cognitive impairments

  Yao-Jen Chang, Shih-Kai Tsai, Tsen-Yung Wang (2008) — Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This paper presents a context-aware wayfinding system designed to help individuals with cognitive impairments navigate indoor environments independently, with a focus on workplace and community travel. The system consists of three components: a handh…

  • cognitive disability
  • wayfinding
  • QR code
  • ubiquitous computing
  • navigation
  • supported employment
  • context awareness
  • independent living
  • distributed cognition

• CATPro: context-aware task prompting system with multiple modalities for individuals with cognitive impairments

  Wan Chih Chang (2008) — Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This short paper presents CATPro (Context-Aware Task Prompting), a system designed to help individuals with cognitive impairments perform daily living and workplace tasks more independently. The system targets people with a range of conditions includ…

  • cognitive disability
  • task prompting
  • context awareness
  • supported employment
  • ubiquitous computing
  • Bluetooth beacons
  • assistive technology
  • independent living
  • multimodal interaction

• Context-Aware Prompting to Transition Autonomously Through Vocational Tasks for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

  Yao-Jen Chang, Wan Chih Chang, Tsen-Yung Wang (2009) — Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '09)

  This paper presents a context-aware task prompting system designed to help individuals with cognitive impairments work more independently in vocational settings. The system uses Bluetooth beacons placed at key work locations ("points of work") to tri…

  • cognitive accessibility
  • task prompting
  • supported employment
  • context-aware computing
  • intellectual disability
  • traumatic brain injury
  • ubiquitous computing
  • vocational rehabilitation
  • distributed cognition

• MGuider: Mobile Guiding and Tracking System in Public Transit System for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

  Wei-Hsun Chen (2009) — Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '09)

  This paper presents MGuider, a mobile guiding and tracking system designed to help individuals with cognitive impairments navigate public transit systems independently. Developed in collaboration with NGOs running supported employment programs in Tai…

  • cognitive accessibility
  • wayfinding
  • mobile technology
  • public transit
  • assistive technology
  • supported employment
  • location-based services

• Kinempt: A Kinect-Based Prompting System to Transition Autonomously Through Vocational Tasks for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

  Yu-Chi Tsai (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

  This short paper presents Kinempt (a portmanteau of "kinetic" and "prompt"), a Kinect-based task prompting system designed to help individuals with cognitive impairments perform vocational tasks independently. The research is motivated by the fact th…

  • cognitive impairment
  • Kinect
  • task prompting
  • vocational rehabilitation
  • supported employment
  • assistive technology
  • gesture recognition
  • depth sensing
  • food preparation
  • job training

• Identifying Challenges and Opportunities in Computer-Based Vocational Training for Low-Income Communities of People with Intellectual Disabilities

  Vagner Figueredo de Santana, Rodrigo Laiola Guimarães, Andrea Britto Mattos (2016) — Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents findings from a qualitative field study of computer-mediated vocational training for low-income students with intellectual disability (ID) at APAE DE SÃO PAULO, a Brazilian NGO that provides educational support, vocational trainin…

  • intellectual disability
  • vocational training
  • digital inclusion
  • developing countries
  • educational technology
  • workplace accessibility
  • Global South accessibility
  • supported employment