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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The next decade in accessibility research

K Gerling, M Rauschenberger, B Tannert, G Weber - i-com, 2024 - degruyter.com
Accessibility research has matured over the last three decades and developed a better
understanding of accessibility technologies, design and evaluation methods, systems and …

Anticipate and adjust: Cultivating access in human-centered methods

K Mack, E McDonnell, V Potluri, M Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Methods are fundamental to doing research and can directly impact who is included in
scientific advances. Given accessibility research's increasing popularity and pervasive …

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 …

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 …

Is universal accessibility on track?

J Abascal, L Azevedo, A Cook - … Conference, UAHCI 2016, Held as Part of …, 2016 - Springer
Even if the evolution of accessibility engineering is generally considered as impressive, one
can question whether it is producing the expected result or not. A deeper analysis can …

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 …