Literature Reviews

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

• An overview of programs and projects at the Rehabilitation Research and Development Center

  David L. Jaffe (1994) — Proceedings of the First Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '94)

  This paper provides an overview of the VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center (RR&D), a federal laboratory at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center dedicated to developing assistive technologies for disabled veterans. With approximately fifty re…

  • rehabilitation engineering
  • technology transfer
  • spinal cord injury
  • deafblindness
  • wheelchair accessibility
  • wayfinding
  • assistive technology
  • vocational rehabilitation
  • veterans

• Research to Market Transition of Mobile Assistive Technologies for People with Visual Impairments

  Sergio Mascetti, Dragan Ahmetovic, Cristian Bernareggi (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This paper examines why so few mobile assistive technology research prototypes for people with visual impairments ever reach end users, and shares practical lessons from the authors’ experience developing and distributing three iOS apps through Every…

  • assistive technology
  • visual impairment
  • mobile accessibility
  • technology transfer
  • blind
  • low vision
  • app development
  • braille
  • orientation and mobility
  • STEM accessibility