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• Exploring Collaboration to Center the Deaf Community in Sign Language AI

  Rie Kamikubo, Abraham Glasser, Alex X Lu, Hal Daumé III, Hernisa Kacorri, Danielle Bragg · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates the critical disconnect between machine learning (ML) practitioners and Deaf American Sign Language (ASL) signers in the development of sign language AI technologies. Despite sign language processing's promise for societal inclusivity, the field…

  Deaf community · sign language · American Sign Language · machine learning · participatory AI

• Investigating 'Touch and Talk' for Blind and Low Vision People: Science Communication Assistance Through Exploring Multiple Tactile Objects

  Ayaka Tsutsui, Xiyue Wang, Hironobu Takagi, Chieko Asakawa · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates how interactive dialogue and multiple tactile 3D models can enhance science communication for blind and low vision (BLV) users. The research addresses a gap in existing tactile learning tools: most Interactive 3D Models (I3Ms) rely on pre-defined audio…

  tactile graphics · blind and low vision · science communication · 3D printed models · multimodal interaction

• AccessGuru: Leveraging LLMs to Detect and Correct Web Accessibility Violations in HTML Code

  Nadeen Fathallah, Daniel Hernández, Steffen Staab · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper introduces AccessGuru, a novel method that combines traditional automated accessibility testing tools with large language models (LLMs) to both detect and correct web accessibility violations in HTML code. The work addresses a persistent gap in accessibility tooling:…

  automated testing · web accessibility · large language models · HTML remediation · prompt engineering

• Toward a taxonomy of negative outcomes from the use of AI-driven systems for people with disabilities

  Krishna Venkatasubramanian, Haven Hardie, Tina-Marie Ranalli · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents the first systematic taxonomy of how AI-driven systems create negative outcomes specifically for people with disabilities. The authors searched eight publicly available AI incident databases — including AIAAIC, AIID, OECD AI Incident Monitor, and the Database…

  AI fairness · algorithmic bias · disability rights · AI harm · AI incident databases

• Tactile Data Comics: Combining Step-by-step Presentation of Tactile Graphics with Verbal Narration for the Blind and Visually Impaired

  Yang Jiao, Ruoting Sun, Rong Luo, Xiwen Yao, Xinran She, Kotaro Hara, Yuewen Zhang, Xinyi Fu · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper introduces tactile data comics, a novel presentation method that combines step-by-step dynamic tactile graphics on a refreshable tactile display (RTD) with synchronized verbal narration to improve comprehension for blind and visually impaired students. Drawing…

  tactile graphics · refreshable tactile display · blind education · multimodal learning · data comics

• Navigating STEM Doctoral Programs with ADHD: Barriers, Workflow Challenges, and Adaptive Strategies

  Paul Ezeamii, Kristen Shinohara · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates how PhD students with ADHD navigate the structural barriers of STEM doctoral programs through a mixed-methods study with 13 participants. The research addresses a significant gap: while the 2023 Survey of Earned Doctorates reported only 130 computing PhD…

  ADHD · neurodiversity · cognitive accessibility · graduate education · executive function

• Designing for Attention: Evaluating an Affordable Immersive VR Platform for Neurodiverse Children

  Mirko Gelsomini, Eleonora La Porta, Alessandro Fusco, Luca Maria Papandrea · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents VISTA (Visual Immersive Storytelling for Therapeutic Attention), a low-cost Wearable Immersive Virtual Reality (WIVR) platform designed to support attention-focused therapeutic interventions for neurodiverse children. The system uses a Google Cardboard-style…

  virtual reality · neurodiversity · attention · therapeutic technology · children

• "I can't just Google it": Technology Needs of Adult Braille Learners

  Quan Zhou · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This extended abstract investigates the overlooked challenges and technology needs of sighted adults who learn braille, specifically Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TVIs) and parents of blind children. While substantial research exists on braille learning for blind…

  braille literacy · visual impairment · education · teachers of students with visual impairments · adult learning

• Life as an International Computer Science PhD Student with Cerebral Palsy

  Tianchi Mo, Humphrey Curtis, Timothy Neate · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents a longitudinal autoethnographic study of Tianchi, an international PhD student with cerebral palsy (CP) navigating the final stages of his doctoral journey in Computer Science at Stony Brook University. Born in China in 1990, Tianchi experienced medical…

  cerebral palsy · autoethnography · assistive technology · augmentative and alternative communication · graduate education

• Leveraging Dynamic Audio-Tactile UIs to Assist Visually Impaired Users in Exploring Line Charts through Tactile Graphic Readers

  Gaspar Ramôa, Karin Müller · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents the Melodic Line Tracing Exploration UI, a novel dynamic audio-tactile user interface designed to help blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals interpret complex line charts through tactile graphic readers. The research addresses a significant gap: while…

  data visualization · tactile graphics · sonification · audio-tactile interface · blindness and visual impairment

• Check Now, Can You See It?: Exploring Voice and Video-Capable Language Models for Identifying and Spatially Locating Items of Interest for Blind and Low-Vision Travelers

  Aziz N Zeidieh, JooYoung Seo · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This experience report documents the lived experiences of two blind travelers — Aziz (28, blind in left eye, 20/2200 in right) and JooYoung (35, blind in right eye, limited vision in left) — as they adapted commercially available voice and video-capable language models (VVLMs)…

  artificial intelligence · navigation · blindness and visual impairment · multimodal AI · large language models

• Accessibility Research Across Borders: Collaboration and Community Building in Accessibility and ICTD Research

  Tamanna Motahar, Vaishnav Kameswaran, Sara Moin, Vikram Kamath Cannanure, Maitraye Das, Giulia Barbareschi, Laura Sanely Gaytán-Lugo, Aditya Vashistha, Kurtis Heimerl, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Neha Kumar, Nova Ahmed, Maya Cakmak · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This workshop paper proposes and describes an ASSETS 2025 workshop exploring collaboration and community building at the intersection of accessibility research and Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD). The organizers — a diverse, international…

  global south · ICTD · community building · collaboration · affordable assistive technology

• Disability Intimacy in HCI: Defining a Community-Driven Research Agenda

  Ekat Osipova, Jay Rodolitz, Kirk Andrew Crawford, Kay Kender, Ana O. Henriques, Chorong Park, Patricia Piedade, Rachel E Wood, Katta Spiel · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This workshop paper proposes a half-day virtual workshop at ASSETS 2025 to define a community-driven research agenda for "Disability Intimacy in HCI" — a field the authors argue has been vastly underexplored in accessibility research. The organizers, a team of nine researchers…

  disability intimacy · crip theory · queer theory · sexuality · disability rights

• Toward a Multi-layer Framework to Assess the Quality of Life Impact of Smartphones as Assistive Technology for People with Sensory Disabilities in Kenya

  Maryam Bandukda, Lan Xiao, Giulia Barbareschi, Philip Oyier, Henry Athiany, Raul Szekely, Wallace M Karuguti, Mwangi J Matheri MJM, Victoria Austin, Catherine Holloway · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents the first longitudinal mixed-methods study investigating the impact of smartphones as assistive technology on the quality of life (QoL) of blind or partially sighted (BPS) and deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) individuals in Kenya. The study involved 193…

  smartphones · assistive technology · Global South · Kenya · blindness and visual impairment

• Modeling Accessibility: Characterizing What We Mean by "Accessible"

  Kelly Avery Mack, Jesse J Martinez, Aaleyah Lewis, Jennifer Mankoff, James Fogarty, Leah Findlater, Heather D. Evans, Cynthia L Bennett, Emma J McDonnell · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper tackles a fundamental gap in accessibility research: the field lacks a clear, shared characterization of what "accessibility" actually means. While accessibility research aims to use technology to make the world more accessible to disabled people, the concept itself…

  accessibility theory · models of disability · intersectionality · assistive technology · disability justice

• CapTune: Adapting Non-Speech Captions With Anchored Generative Models

  Jeremy Zhengqi Huang, Caluã De Lacerda Pataca, Saelyne Yang Wu, Dhruv Jain · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  CapTune is a system that enables customization of non-speech captions—descriptions of environmental sounds, music, and other audio cues—for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) viewers. Current captioning practices follow a one-size-fits-all model based on standardized guidelines like…

  closed captioning · non-speech information · caption customization · deaf and hard of hearing · generative AI

• XRMusic4VIP: Enabling Simultaneous Sheet Music Reading and Playing for Visually Impaired Musicians through Extended Reality

  Julia Anken, Delia Blaess, Karin Müller · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper addresses a largely unexplored challenge in music accessibility: enabling visually impaired musicians to simultaneously read sheet music and play keyboard instruments. While assistive technologies for visually impaired musicians exist—including magnification tools,…

  extended reality · visual impairment · music accessibility · assistive technology · augmented reality

• Beyond Beautiful: Embroidering Legible and Expressive Tactile Graphics

  Margaret Ellen Seehorn, Claris Winston, Bo Liu, Gene S-H Kim, Emily White, Nupur Gorkar, Kate S Glazko, Aashaka Desai, Jerry Cao, Megan Hofmann, Jennifer Mankoff · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper explores machine embroidery as a medium for producing tactile graphics—tangible representations of visual information used by blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals. Current methods for producing tactile graphics, primarily embossing and swell paper printing,…

  tactile graphics · machine embroidery · blind and visually impaired · fabrication · braille

• Beyond Individual Accommodations: The Collaborative Practices of ADHD Students in Post-Secondary Education

  Vitica X Arnold, Aehong Min, Clarisse Bonang, Sohyeon Park, Gillian R Hayes, Anne Marie Piper · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper examines how ADHD college students develop and share collaborative, community-based strategies to support their academic success, moving beyond the traditional focus on individual accommodations. The researchers analyzed discussions from a Reddit community…

  ADHD · neurodivergence · higher education · body doubling · co-presence

• Small Devices, Large Changes: Investigating the Impact of a University-Government 3D-Printed Assistive Technology Program on Residents with Disabilities

  Krystal Yangmengzi Zhang, Erin Higgins, Agnny Vannessa Morant, Foad Hamidi · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates a DIY Assistive Technology (DIY-AT) program created through a collaboration between a university makerspace at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and the Maryland Department of Disabilities Assistive Technology (MDOD-AT) program. Using an…

  DIY assistive technology · 3D printing · action research · makerspace · university-government collaboration

• Access Beyond the Score: Understanding Notation Needs and Workflows of Low Vision Musicians

  William Christopher Payne, Yu Lee An · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates how musicians with low vision acquire, adapt, and use music notation, an area that has received far less research attention than Braille Music for blind musicians. Through semi-structured interviews with 16 low vision musicians and 2 sighted Teachers of…

  low vision · music accessibility · notation · Modified Stave Notation · Braille Music

• Engaging Visually Impaired People in Science Museums Through an Immersive Workshop: Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities

  Xiyue Wang, Seita Kayukawa, Hironobu Takagi, Chieko Asakawa · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates how science museums can become more accessible to visually impaired visitors through the design and evaluation of an immersive, tactile workshop. Conducted at Miraikan (The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Tokyo, the research…

  museum accessibility · science education · blindness · low vision · tactile learning

• VizXpress: Towards Expressive Visual Content by Blind Creators Through AI Support

  Lotus Zhang, Zhuohao (Jerry) Zhang, Gina Clepper, Franklin Mingzhe Li, Patrick Carrington, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Leah Findlater · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates how blind individuals engage with and desire to create expressive visual content — moving beyond the functional accessibility tasks (like privacy preservation or layout correction) that prior research has focused on. The authors conducted a two-stage…

  blindness · visual expression · creativity support · AI accessibility · image editing

• "It was Mentally Painful to Try and Stop": Design Opportunities for Just-in-Time Interventions for People with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in the Real World

  Ru Wang, Kexin Zhang, Yuqing Wang, Keri Brown, Yuhang Zhao · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents the first in-depth interview study examining the diverse triggers, compulsions, and self-management strategies of people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to inform the design of just-in-time intervention technologies. The researchers interviewed 10 people…

  mental health · OCD · just-in-time intervention · exposure and response prevention · cognitive behavioral therapy

• GestureVoice: Enabling Multimodal Text Editing for Blind Users Using Gestures and Voice

  Prerna Khanna, Sai Pravallika Reddy, IV Ramakrishnan, Xiaojun Bi, Aruna Balasubramanian · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper introduces GestureVoice, a multimodal text editing system that enables blind smartphone users to edit text using mid-air hand gestures detected by a smartwatch combined with voice commands, eliminating the need for touchscreen interaction. The research addresses a…

  text editing · blind users · multimodal interaction · gesture recognition · voice commands