Exploring Disability Culture Through Accounts of Disabled Innovators of Accessibility Technology
Aashaka Desai, Jennifer Mankoff, Richard E. Ladner · 2025 · ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
This paper explores how disability culture — the celebration of the positive aspects of disability experience including community, solidarity, and creativity — can inform the design and research of accessibility technologies. The authors first synthesize disability culture for…
disability culture · disabled innovators · crip technoscience · DIY assistive technology · social model of disability