Nothing Micro About It: Examining Ableist Microaggressions on Social Media
Sharon Heung, Mahika Phutane, Shiri Azenkot, Megh Marathe, Aditya Vashistha · 2022 · Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)
This paper presents the first study examining how disabled people experience ableist microaggressions specifically on social media. The researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 participants with various disabilities — including physical disabilities, visual…
ableism · microaggressions · social media · disability identity · content moderation