Accessibility research has grown substantially in the past few decades, yet there has been
no literature review of the field. To understand current and historical trends, we created and …

Consumer-fabrication technologies potentially improve the effectiveness and adoption of
assistive technology (AT) by engaging AT users in AT creation. However, little is known …

Previous research on games for people with visual impairment (PVI) has focused on co-
designing or evaluating specific games-mostly under controlled conditions. In this research …

The key to preserving traditional crafts lies in living transmission, which is inseparable from
sustaining artistic production, audience consumption, and progressive innovation with the …

The rise of maker communities and fabrication tools creates new opportunities for
participation in design work. With this has come an interest in increasing the accessibility of …

Tangible toolkits enable individuals to explore concepts through combining components
together and taking them apart. The strength and limitation of many e-textile toolkits is that …

The advent of digital audio workstations and other digital audio tools has brought a critical
shift in the audio industry by empowering amateur and professional audio content creators …

The maker movement has garnered significant attention as democratizing design; yet, recent
work has called attention to the challenges disabled people encounter in making. Although …

Makerspaces are being introduced in a wide variety of settings, including community
settings such as schools and libraries. Older adults are one group for whom making …

Acquired brain injuries have many complexities, largely affecting motor and cognitive
functioning. Occupational therapists often use switches attached to electronics that activate …