"It Looks Beautiful but Scary": How Low Vision People Navigate Stairs and Other Surface Level Changes
Yuhang Zhao, Elizabeth Kupferstein, Doron Tal, Shiri Azenkot · 2018 · Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '18)
This qualitative study investigates how people with low vision experience and navigate surface level changes — stairs, curbs, and other depth transitions — in built environments. Using contextual inquiry, the researchers observed and interviewed 14 participants with low vision…
low vision · mobility · navigation · depth perception · stairs