Literature Reviews

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

• Do Web Users with Autism Experience Barriers When Searching for Information Within Web Pages?

  Sukru Eraslan, Victoria Yaneva, Yeliz Yesilada, Simon Harper (2017) — Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper provides empirical evidence that adults with high-functioning autism experience real barriers when searching for information on web pages, using eye tracking to reveal the underlying differences in visual attention patterns. The study empl…

  • autism
  • eye tracking
  • web accessibility
  • cognitive accessibility
  • scanpath analysis
  • visual attention
  • neurodivergence
  • user study
  • information search
  • web searching
  • WCAG
  • open data
  • weak central coherence
  • stimulus overselectivity

• Detecting Autism Based on Eye-Tracking Data from Web Searching Tasks

  Victoria Yaneva, Le An Ha, Sukru Eraslan, Yeliz Yesilada, Ruslan Mitkov (2018) — Proceedings of the 15th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper investigates whether eye-tracking data collected during everyday web tasks can be used to distinguish between people with and without autism, potentially enabling a low-cost, accessible screening approach. The study collected gaze data fro…

  • autism
  • eye tracking
  • machine learning
  • web accessibility
  • cognitive accessibility
  • screening
  • diagnostic classification
  • visual attention
  • user study
  • gaze data
  • web searching
  • open data
  • neurodivergence