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A11yFutures: Envisioning the Future of Accessibility Research

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Jennifer Mankoff,

Kelly Avery Mack,

Kirk Andrew Crawford,

Foad HamidiAuthors Info & Claims

ASSETS '23: Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Article No.: 107, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/3597638.3615652

Published: 22 October 2023 Publication History

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Abstract

The future of accessibility research is a topic we take up every day as researchers; yet it is important also to step back and ask ourselves about the most important, and overlooked, areas for inquiry in our field. With the rapid pace of change in both computational capabilities and the environmental, social, and political context in which disability plays out, we believe this is a critical time for such inquiry. This is even more important given the relatively narrow set of topics that accessibility research has focused on for most of our field’s history. We invite our community to come together to define what the next generation of accessibility research should engage with.

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Index Terms

A11yFutures: Envisioning the Future of Accessibility Research
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Accessibility
    1. Accessibility theory, concepts and paradigms
  2. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Assistive technologies
  2. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

Index terms have been assigned to the content through auto-classification.

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ASSETS '23: Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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ASSETS '23: The 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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Sum CSpektor FAlharbi RBaltaxe-Admony LDevine EDixon HDuval JEagle TElavsky FFernandes KGuedes LHillman SKameswaran VKirabo LMotahar TRingland KSchaadhardt AScheepmaker LWilliamson A(2024)Challenging Ableism: A Critical Turn Toward Disability Justice in HCIXRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students10.1145/366560230:4(50-55)Online publication date: 28-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3665602
Luo SLiu JHu B(2024)Hearing the Bullseye: An Auditory-Cued Archery Exergame for the Visually Impaired and Their Sighted Family and FriendsCompanion Proceedings of the 2024 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play10.1145/3665463.3678829(384-391)Online publication date: 14-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3665463.3678829
Luo SLiu JHu B(2024)Designing a Safe Auditory-Cued Archery Exertion Game for the Visually Impaired and Sighted to Enjoy TogetherProceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility10.1145/3663548.3688510(1-6)Online publication date: 27-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3663548.3688510

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