Accessibility Research and Users with Multiple Disabilities or Complex Needs

A Theil, C Anderton, C Creed, N Olson, RJ Holt… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Conventionally, the accessibility research community centers most of its efforts on designing
assistive technologies and systems related to single categories of impairments. Although …

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Designing Accessible Systems for Users with Multiple Impairments: Grand Challenges and Opportunities for Future Research

A Theil, C Creed, M Shaqura, N Olson, RJ Holt… - Proceedings of the 24th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Historically, the accessibility community has focused on designing assistive technologies
and systems related to single categories of impairments. While this approach is justifiable …

Challenges in Conducting Accessibility Research with Users with Multiple, Profound, or Complex Disabilities

A Theil - ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The lack of involvement of users with multiple disabilities or complex needs in accessibility
research is a problem that needs further attention from the field. Designing and evaluating …

Tackling the Lack of a Practical Guide in Disability-Centered Research

EJ McDonnell, KA Mack, K Gerling, K Spiel… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Accessibility research strives to develop technology that is useful for disabled people, but
the research processes that we engage in do not always center disabled people in a way …

A11yFutures: Envisioning the Future of Accessibility Research

J Mankoff, KA Mack, J Wiese, KA Crawford… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The future of accessibility research is a topic we take up every day as researchers; yet it is
important also to step back and ask ourselves about the most important, and overlooked …

My path to becoming an accessibility researcher

RE Ladner - ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Because I started out in mathematics and theoretical computer science I am often asked how
I got involved in accessibility research and in trying to increase the participation of people …

Living disability theory: Reflections on access, research, and design

M Hofmann, D Kasnitz, J Mankoff… - Proceedings of the 22nd …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Accessibility research and disability studies are intertwined fields focused on, respectively,
building a world more inclusive of people with disability and understanding and elevating …

Using Distributed Processing to Create More Powerful, Flexible and User Matched Accessibility Services

GC Vanderheiden - Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction …, 2009 - Springer
Accessibility today is characterized by individual devices, which have been custom-built for
people with disabilities (talking alarm clock, braille watches, special communication devices …

Enhancing accessibility and engagement for those with disabilities

K Rector - IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pervasive computing technology can enhance quality of life for those with disabilities by
providing access to timely information and helping them to navigate their environment …

Towards bridging the accessibility needs of people with disabilities and the ageing community

S Abou-Zahra, J Brewer, A Arch - Proceedings of the 2008 international …, 2008 - dl.acm.org
This communication paper introduces the" Web Accessibility Initiative: Ageing Education
and Harmonisation"(WAI-AGE) project, a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web …