Literature Reviews

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

• Web Accessibility for Older Adults: Effects of Line Spacing and Text Justification on Reading Web Pages

  Helen Petrie, Sorachai Kamollimsakul, Christopher Power (2013) — Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This poster paper empirically tests two common web accessibility recommendations for older adults: increased line spacing and left-only text justification. The authors note that at least 10 sets of guidelines for making websites accessible to older p…

  • older adults
  • web accessibility
  • typography
  • line spacing
  • text justification
  • readability
  • web design guidelines
  • aging