Literature Reviews

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

• Architecture of an Automated Therapy Tool for Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  Avinash Parnandi, Virendra Karappa, Youngpyo Son, Mostafa Shahin, Jacqueline McKechnie, Kirrie Ballard, Beena Ahmed, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna (2013) — Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents a multi-tier client-server system for remotely administering speech therapy to children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a neurological speech sound disorder that impairs the precision and consistency of oro-motor planning …

  • childhood apraxia of speech
  • speech therapy
  • speech sound disorder
  • automated speech analysis
  • tele-rehabilitation
  • mobile applications
  • speech recognition

• Learning Games for the Cognitively Impaired People

  Maria Claudia Buzzi, Marina Buzzi, Erico Perrone, Beatrice Rapisarda, Caterina Senette (2016) — Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper from the Italian National Research Council (CNR-IIT) presents an open-source web platform delivering personalized cognitive learning games for people with Down syndrome, with a particular focus on delaying the onset of early Alzheimer's di…

  • cognitive accessibility
  • Down syndrome
  • game-based learning
  • intellectual disability
  • tele-rehabilitation
  • dementia prevention
  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • educational technology