Objectives Abandonment of vision, hearing or mobility aids suggests common barriers and
facilitators to ongoing device use. However, the possible interactive effects of combined …

Studies in human-computer interaction recommend creating fewer than ten personas, based
on stakeholders' limitations to cognitively process and use personas. However, no existing …

Deafblindness, a form of dual sensory impairment, significantly impacts communication,
access to information and mobility. Independent navigation and wayfinding are main …

Deafblindness, also known as dual sensory loss, is the combination of sight and hearing
impairments of such extent that it becomes difficult for one sense to compensate for the …

Purpose Participation and accessibility issues faced by gamers with multi-sensory
disabilities are themes yet to be fully understood by accessible technology researchers. In …

Dual sensory loss, also known as deafblindness, affects individuals at every developmental
stage and age. Individuals affected by the impairment of both vision and hearing represent …

Conventionally, the accessibility research community centers most of its efforts on designing
assistive technologies and systems related to single categories of impairments. Although …

This paper introduces Shape2Vibe, a co-design tool for collaboratively designing vibrotactile
feedback with people with deafblindness. We outline how a first version of Shape2Vibe was …

Nowadays, the wide majority of Europeans uses smartphones. However, touch displays are
still not accessible by everyone. Individuals with deafblindness, for example, often face …

This thesis addresses how to make Open-Source (OS) Assistive Technology (AT) more
inclusive. The thesis employs a Research Through Design (RtD) methodology on a …