Literature Reviews

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

• Understanding Clinician Experiences with Game-Based Interventions for Autistic Children to Inform a Future Game Platform Focused on Improving Motor Skills

  Hunter M. Beach, Devin Jay D. San Nicolas, Carly Miller, Cathy Ly, Jared Duval (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

  This CHI 2026 Extended Abstract reports a two-phase qualitative study with pediatric physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) to inform the design of AutMotion Studio, a speculative modular platform of motor-skill minigames for aut…

  • autism
  • motor skills
  • serious games for health
  • pediatric therapy
  • physical therapy
  • occupational therapy
  • participatory design
  • speculative design
  • wizard of oz
  • co-design

• Bridging Visual Asymmetry: Exploring AI-Mediated Communication Support for Parents with Visual Impairments and Their Sighted Children in Outdoor Informal Learning

  Yutong Jiang, Zixuan Zhang, Jiaying Xu, Qingyun Zheng, Qian Guo, Qinyang Wang, Qi Wang, Guanhong Liu (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper investigates how AI-mediated communication can support parents with visual impairments (PVI) in engaging their sighted children during outdoor informal learning - settings like parks, insect houses, and museums where unplanned, vi…

  • parents with visual impairments
  • mixed-ability collaboration
  • family informal learning
  • large language model
  • conversational guidance
  • joint attention
  • wizard of oz
  • symbiotic learning
  • assistive technology
  • blind parenting

• Nonvisual Support for Understanding and Reasoning about Data Structures

  Brianna L. Wimer, Ritesh Kanchi, Kaija Frierson, Venkatesh Potluri, Ronald A. Metoyer, Jennifer Mankoff, Miya Natsuhara, Matt X. Wang (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  Wimer, Kanchi, and colleagues present Arboretum, a web-based system that generates accessible representations of introductory data structure diagrams (arrays and binary trees) for blind and visually impaired (BVI) computer science students. The autho…

  • blind and low vision
  • BVI
  • screen readers
  • tactile graphics
  • data structures
  • computer science education
  • accessible diagrams
  • diagramming
  • nonvisual interaction
  • multimodal access
  • WAI-ARIA
  • WCAG
  • Mermaid
  • Graphviz
  • wizard of oz
  • accessible education

• Eye-Tracking-Driven Shared Control for Robotic Arms: Wizard of Oz Studies to Assess Design Choices

  Anke Fischer-Janzen, Thomas M. Wendt, Daniel Görlich, Kristof Van Laerhoven (2026) — ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction

  The paper presents two Wizard of Oz studies evaluating an eye-tracking-driven shared-control system for an assistive robotic arm — the 7-DoF Kinova Gen3 — designed for People with Severe Motor Disabilities (PSMD). PSMD here includes people with locke…

  • assistive robotics
  • eye tracking
  • gaze input
  • shared control
  • motor disability
  • activities of daily living
  • human-robot interaction
  • wizard of oz
  • participatory design

• Analyzing Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Users' Behavior, Usage, and Interaction with a Personal Assistant Device that Understands Sign-Language Input

  Abraham Glasser, Matthew Watkins, Kira Hart, Sooyeon Lee, Matt Huenerfauth (2022) — Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '22)

  This CHI 2022 paper investigates how Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) ASL signers would actually use a personal assistant device (such as an Amazon Echo Show or Google Home) if it could understand American Sign Language commands. The authors position t…

  • sign language
  • american sign language
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • personal assistants
  • voice assistants
  • smart speaker
  • conversational interface
  • sign language recognition
  • accessibility research
  • wizard of oz

• Exploring Interface Design for Independent Navigation by People with Visual Impairments

  Erin L. Brady, Daisuke Sato, Chengxiong Ruan, Hironobu Takagi, Chieko Asakawa (2015) — ASSETS 2015: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This short poster paper from ASSETS 2015 explores how people with visual impairments respond to different navigation interface designs during in situ walking tasks. The authors observe that prior research has been limited in two ways: user studies of…

  • visual impairment
  • blind navigation
  • non-visual navigation
  • wayfinding
  • wizard of oz
  • interface design
  • sonification
  • haptic feedback
  • speech output
  • orientation and mobility

• Indoor Wayfinding: Developing a Functional Interface for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

  Alan L. Liu, Harlan Hile, Henry Kautz, Gaetano Borriello, Pat A. Brown, Mark Harniss, Kurt Johnson (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This paper from the University of Washington describes the design and user evaluation of an indoor wayfinding system for individuals with cognitive impairments, including traumatic brain injury, Down syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder, and ce…

  • cognitive impairment
  • wayfinding
  • indoor navigation
  • wizard of oz
  • multimodal interface
  • adaptive interface
  • traumatic brain injury
  • Down syndrome
  • cerebral palsy
  • assistive technology