Literature Reviews

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

• Accuracy as Autonomy: How Reliable Information Enables Choice in Wheelchair-Accessible Taxi Services

  Hyunseon Won, Seoyoung Park, Sejung Son, Taenyun Kim, Jinyoung Han (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '26)

  Won and colleagues (Sungkyunkwan University and Michigan State) investigate how the accuracy of AI-predicted information in accessibility-oriented services affects users' psychological needs and technology acceptance, using Seoul's Wheelchair-Accessi…

  • transportation accessibility
  • wheelchair users
  • paratransit
  • self-determination
  • autonomy
  • technology acceptance
  • machine learning
  • mobility
  • physical disability
  • psychological needs

• AI That Moves With You: A Review of Interactive Technologies Powered by Large Foundation Models for Mobility Impairment

  Duosi Dai, Yuchong Zhang, Yong Ma, Danica Kragic (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This paper is a scoping review (PRISMA-ScR) of how large foundation models - LLMs, large vision models, and vision-language models - are being woven into interactive assistive technologies for people with mobility impairments, covering publications f…

  • foundation model
  • large language model
  • vision-language model
  • literature review
  • scoping review
  • mobility impairment
  • motor disability
  • blind and low vision
  • wheelchair users
  • ALS
  • assistive technology
  • conversational agent
  • robotics
  • wearable technology
  • accessibility research

• Wii Remote as a Web Navigation Device for People with Cerebral Palsy

  Nithin Santhanam (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

  This short paper evaluates the Nintendo Wii remote as an alternative web navigation device for people with cerebral palsy, compared to a standard wireless mouse. Despite the abundance of accessibility tools, customizable and inexpensive options for p…

  • cerebral palsy
  • alternative input device
  • motor impairment
  • web accessibility
  • Wii remote
  • game controller
  • customization
  • wheelchair users
  • assistive technology

• A Collaborative System for Suitable Wheelchair Route Planning

  Guilherme L. Barczyszyn, Letícia M. De O. Camenar, Diego De F. Do Nascimento, Nádia P. Kozievitch, Ricardo D. Da Silva, Leonelo D. A. Almeida, Juliana De Santi, Rodrigo Minetto (2018) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper presents a collaborative system for wheelchair route planning that fundamentally reimagines how navigation services work for people with mobility impairments. Unlike standard route planners like Google Maps that provide street-based direct…

  • mobility accessibility
  • wheelchair users
  • route planning
  • crowdsourcing
  • geographic information systems
  • urban computing
  • participatory design

• Bring Environments to People – A Case Study of Virtual Tours in Accessibility Assessment for People with Limited Mobility

  Hao-Yun Chi, Jingzhen Sha, Yang Zhang (2023) — Proceedings of the 20th International Web for All Conference (W4A '23)

  This study presents the first user research with people with limited mobility on using virtual tours — 3D digital replicas of physical environments captured with 360-degree cameras and depth sensors — to remotely assess the accessibility of indoor sp…

  • physical accessibility
  • wheelchair users
  • virtual reality
  • accessible housing
  • mobility impairments
  • independent living
  • built environment
  • assistive technology
  • spinal cord injury
  • user study

• MABLESim: A Simulation Framework for Studying Accessibility Challenges for People with Disabilities within Indoor Environments

  Francisco Javier Rafful Garfias, Vinod Namboodiri (2024) — Proceedings of the 21st International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper introduces MABLESim (Mapping for Accessible BuiLt Environments Simulator), a Unity-based simulation framework designed to study how people with disabilities navigate indoor spaces. The authors address a fundamental research gap: while phys…

  • indoor navigation
  • wayfinding
  • simulation
  • mobility impairments
  • visual impairments
  • built environment
  • wheelchair users
  • physical accessibility

• WheelPoser: Sparse-IMU Based Body Pose Estimation for Wheelchair Users

  Yunzhi Li, Vimal Mollyn, Kuang Yuan, Patrick Carrington (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents WheelPoser, a real-time body pose estimation system designed specifically for wheelchair users using only four inertial measurement units (IMUs). Existing pose estimation methods are largely developed for standing and ambulatory u…

  • wheelchair users
  • pose estimation
  • inertial measurement units
  • motion capture
  • body tracking
  • health monitoring
  • assistive technology
  • machine learning