Literature Reviews

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

• Disability, Age, and Informational Privacy Attitudes in Quality of Life Technology Applications: Results from a National Web Survey

  Scott Beach, Richard Schulz, Julie Downs, Judith Matthews, Bruce Barron, Katherine Seelman (2009) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This landmark study examines privacy attitudes toward assistive and health monitoring technologies among 1,518 U.S. adults, focusing on how disability and age influence willingness to share personal health information. Conducted under the NSF Quality…

  • privacy
  • quality of life technology
  • smart home
  • aging
  • surveillance
  • assistive technology adoption
  • user attitudes
  • health monitoring

• Ageing is Not a Disease: Pitfalls for the Acceptance of Self-Management Health Systems Supporting Healthy Ageing

  Ine D’Haeseleer, Kathrin Gerling, Dominique Schreurs, Bart Vanrumste, Vero Vanden Abeele (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This paper reports on a qualitative study with 20 older adults (mean age 80, range 65-92) in Belgium, investigating their attitudes towards self-management health systems (SMHS) — integrated solutions that combine data from sensors and self-reports w…

  • aging
  • older adults
  • health monitoring
  • self-management
  • digital inclusion
  • ageing in place
  • privacy
  • digital divide
  • participatory design
  • user attitudes