Yasmine Elglaly, Western Washington University, USA
Enabling meaningful use of AI-infused educational technologies
for children with blindness: learnings from the development and
piloting of the PeopleLens curriculum*
Cecily Morrison: Microsoft Research;
Edward Cutrell: Microsoft Research;
Martin Grayson: Microsoft Research;
Elisabeth RB Becker: Microsoft Research;
Vasiliki Kladouchou: Microsoft Research;
Linda Pring: Microsoft Research;
Katherine Jones: University of Bristol;
Rita Faia Marques: Microsoft Research;
Camilla Longden: Microsoft Research;
Abigail Sellen: Microsoft Research
Best Paper Nominee
Understanding Disability Services Toward Improving Graduate Student
Support
Murtaza Tamjeed: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Vinita Tibdewal: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Madison Russell: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Michael McQuaid: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Tae Oh: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Kristen Shinohara: Rochester Institute of Technology
How Teachers of the Visually Impaired Compensate with the Absence of
Accessible Block-Based Languages
Aboubakar Mountapmbeme: University of North Texas;
Stephanie Ludi: University of North Texas
Panel Q&A
11:15
Break (10 mins)
11:25
50th Anniversary Panel 1:
The Impact of the Trace Center: Celebrating 50 Years
Moderator:
Clayton Lewis
Panelists:
Judy Brewer
Alan Brightman
David Capozzi
Gregg Vanderheiden
12:30
Gold Sponsors
Microsoft
Apple
12:45
Break (45 mins)
13:30
Poster Previews Session 1
Short video previews of each of today's posters, demos, student research competition
submissions, and doctoral consortium artifacts will be played.
Session Chairs:
Jon Froehlich, University of Washington, USA
Benjamin Tannert, Bremen City University of Applied Science, Germany
14:00
Posters, Demos, SRC & DC Session 1
[SRC] Activity Recognition in Older Adults with Training Data from Younger
Adults: Preliminary Results
on in Vivo Smartwatch Sensor Data
Fatima Sabahat
[Poster] Increasing Access to Trainer-led Aerobic Exercise for People with
Visual Impairments through a Sensor Mat System
Jeehan Malik
[Poster] Determining a Taxonomy of Accessible Phrases During Exercise
Instruction for People with Visual Impairments for Text Analysis
Kyle Rector
[Poster] Designing Apps to Support Engagement by Older Adults: A think-aloud
study of the eNutri dietary-intake assessment web app
Eve Kelly
[Poster] "What just happened?": Understanding Non-visual Watching Sports
Experiences
Saki Asakawa
[SRC] Measuring Text Comprehension for People with Reading Difficulties Using a
Mobile Application
Andreas Säuberli
[Demo] iReadMore: A Reading Therapy App Co-Designed by People with Aphasia and
Alexia
Thomas Langford
[Poster] Augmenta11y: A Reading Assistant Application for Children with Dyslexia
Tushar Gupta
[SRC] Voice Creator: Giving Customized Voice to the Voiceless for Online
Communication
Hyeon Jeong Byeon
[Poster] Exploring the Requirements of Abuse Reporting for Persons with
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Krishna Venkatasubramanian
[SRC] Auditory feedback to compensate audible instructions to support people
with visual impairment
Gabriele Galimberti
[Poster] Word Cloud for Meeting: A Visualization System for DHH People in Online
Meetings
Ryo Iijima
[Demo] Visionary Caption: Improving the Accessibility of Presentation Slides
Through Highlighting Visualization
Kotaro Hara
[Demo] SynSLaG: Synthetic Sign Language Generator
Teppei Miura
[Demo] Equivalent Telecommunications Access on Mobile Devices
Spencer Montan
[Poster] Sidewalk Gallery: An Interactive, Filterable Image Gallery of Over
500,000 Sidewalk Accessibility Problems
Jon Froehlich
[Poster] GazeMetro: A Gaze-Based Interactive System for Metro Map
Zhuo Yang
[Demo] Experimental Crowd+AI Approaches to Track Accessibility Features in
Sidewalk Intersections Over Time
Ather Sharif & Jon Froehlich
[Poster] "Would the smart cane benefit me?": Perceptions of the Visually
Impaired towards Smart Canes
Rezylle Milallos
[SRC] Adee: Bringing Accessibility Right Inside Design Tools
Samine Hadadi
[Poster] Using Games to Practice Screen Reader Gestures
André Rodrigues
[Poster] New Metrics for Understanding Touch by People with and without Limited
Fine Motor Function
Junhan Kong
[Poster] A Preliminary Analysis of Android Educational Game Accessibility
Jesse Martinez
14:45
Break (15 mins)
15:00
Paper Session 2: Immersive and wearable technologies
Session Chairs:
Amy Hurst, New York University, USA
Claire Kearney-Volpe, Verizon, USA
Nearmi: A Framework for Designing Point of Interest Techniques for VR Users
with Limited Mobility
Rachel L. Franz: University of Washington;
Sasa Junuzovic: Microsoft Research;
Martez Mott: Microsoft Research
Beyond Adaptive Sports: Challenges & Opportunities to Improve Accessibility
and Analytics
Rushil Khurana: Carnegie Mellon University;
Ashley Wang: Carnegie Mellon University;
Patrick Carrington: Carnegie Mellon University
Wearable Interactions for Users with Motor Impairments: Systematic Review,
Inventory, and Research Implications
Alexandru-Ionut Siean: Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava;
Radu-Daniel Vatavu: Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava
Accessing Passersby Proxemic Signals through a Head-Worn Camera:
Opportunities and Limitations for the Blind
Kyungjun Lee: University of Maryland;
Daisuke Sato: Carnegie Mellon University;
Saki Asakawa: New York University;
Chieko Asakawa: IBM;
Hernisa Kacorri: University of Maryland
TIME [EDT]
-3h Seattle [PDT] +5h London [BST] +6h Central Europe [CET]
EVENT
9:00
Paper Session 3: Health and support systems
Session Chairs:
Mingming Fan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Yuhang Zhao, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Understanding Barriers and Design Opportunities to Improve Healthcare and QOL
for Older Adults through Voice Assistants
Chen Chen: University of California San Diego;
Janet G Johnson: University of California San Diego;
Kemeberly Charles: University of California San Diego;
Alice Lee: University of California San Diego;
Ella T Lifset: University of California San Diego;
Michael Hogarth: University of California San Diego;
Alison A Moore: University of California San Diego;
Emilia Farcas: University of California San Diego;
Nadir Weibel: University of California San Diego
How Online Tests Contribute to the Support System for People With Cognitive and
Mental Disabilities*
Qisheng Li: University of Washington;
Josephine Lee: University of Washington;
Christina Zhang: University of Washington;
Katharina Reinecke: University of Washington
Best Paper Nominee
Designing an App to help Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities to Recognize Abuse
Thomas Howard III: University of Rhode Island;
Krishna Venkatasubramanian: University of Rhode Island;
Jeanine L M Skorinko: Worcester Polytechnic Insitute;
Pauline Bosma: Massachusetts Adovcates Standing Strong;
John Mullaly: Massachusetts Adovcates Standing Strong;
Brian Kelly: Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong;
Deborah Lloyd: Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong;
Mary Wishart: University of Rhode Island;
Emiton Alves: University of Rhode Island;
Nicole Jutras: Worcester Polytechnic Institute;
Mariah Freark: Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission;
Nancy A. Alterio: Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission
Beyond Fun: Players’ Experiences of Accessible Rehabilitation Gaming with
Spinal Cord Injury
Gabriele Cimolino: Queen's University;
Sussan Askari: Providence Care Hospital;
T.C. Nicholas Graham: Queen's University
VIDDE: Visualizations for Helping People with COPD Interpret Dyspnea During
Exercise
Claudia Chen: University of Toronto;
Robert Wu: University Health Network;
Hashim Khan: UHN;
Khai Truong: University of Toronto;
Fanny Chevalier: University of Toronto
Panel Q&A
10:00
Break (15 mins)
10:15
Paper Session 4: Screen readers and effective descriptions
Session Chairs:
Jeff Bigham, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Amy Pavel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Understanding Screen-Reader Users’ Experiences with Online Data
Visualizations
Ather Sharif: University of Washington;
Sanjana Shivani Chintalapati: University of Washington;
Jacob O. Wobbrock: University of Washington;
Katharina Reinecke: University of Washington
Understanding Screen Readers' Plugins
Farhani Momotaz: Pennsylvania State University;
Md Touhidul Islam: Pennsylvania State University;
Md Ehtesham-Ul-Haque: Penn State University;
Syed Masum Billah: Pennsylvania State University
Going Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Image Descriptions to Satisfy the Information
Wants of People Who are Blind or Have Low Vision
Abigale Stangl: University of Washington;
Nitin Verma: University of Texas at Austin;
Kenneth R. Fleischmann: The University of Texas at Austin;
Meredith Ringel Morris: Microsoft Research;
Danna Gurari: University of Texas at Austin
The Efficacy of Collaborative Authoring of Video Scene Description*
Rosiana Natalie: Singapore Management University;
Jolene Loh Loh: Singapore Management University;
Huei Suen Tan: Singapore Management University;
Joshua Tseng: Singapore Managamenet University;
Ian Luke Yi-Ren Chan: Singapore Managamenet University;
Ebrima H Jarjue: University of Maryland (Umd);
Hernisa Kacorri: University of Maryland;
Kotaro Hara: Singapore Management University
Best Paper Nominee
Panel Q&A
11:15
Break (10 mins)
11:25
50th Anniversary Panel 2: The History of SIGACCESS
Moderator:
Shari Trewin
Panelists:
Harriet Fell
Jason Freeman
Vicki Hanson
Clayton Lewis
12:30
Gold Sponsors
Adobe
Elsevier
12:45
Break (45 mins)
13:30
Poster Previews Session 2
Short video previews of each of today's posters, demos, student research competition
submissions, and doctoral consortium artifacts will be played.
Session Chairs:
Jon Froehlich, University of Washington, USA
Benjamin Tannert, Bremen City University of Applied Science, Germany
14:00
Posters, Demos, SRC & DC Session 2
[DC] Making web accessibility more accessible
Vincenzo Rubano
[Poster] Designing Sensory and Social Tools for Neurodivergent Individuals in
Social Media Environments
Lauren Race
[Poster] Sound Cells: Rendering Visual and Braille Music in the Browser
Fabiha Ahmed
[Poster] Designing a Podcast Platform for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users
Kristen Shinohara
[Demo] Image Explorer: Multi-Layered Touch Exploration to Make Images Accessible
Jaewook Lee
[DC] The Use of Automatic Text Simplification to Provide Reading Assistance to
Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Individuals in Computing Fields
Oliver Alonzo
[DC] Audio Description Technology for Live Theater: Exploring New Approaches
Dirk Vander Wilt
[Poster] Uncovering Patterns in Reviewers' Feedback to Scene Description Authors
Rosiana Natalie
[DC] Facilitating Sharing and Re-use of Accessibility Datasets: Benefits and
Risks
Rie Kamikubo
[Poster] Respectful Language as Perceived by People with Disabilities
Lior Levy
[DC] Mobile Augmented Reality Using Deep Learning for Visually Impaired People
Tianshi Xie
[Demo] See-Through Captions: Real-Time Captioning on Transparent Display for
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People
Kenta Yamamoto
[DC] Shifting Narratives: Understanding and Amplifying Creative Labor among
People with Disabilities
Katya Borgos-Rodriguez
[Demo] CollabAlly: Accessible Collaboration Awareness in Document Editing
Zhuohao Zhang
[Poster] myView: End-user Authoring of Virtual Environments for Therapy
Sérgio Alves
[DC] Helping Students with Cerebral Palsy Program via Voice-Enabled Block-based
Programming
Obianuju Okafor
[DC] Programming by Voice
Sadia Nowrin
[Poster] Fostering collaboration with asymmetric roles in accessible programming
environments for children with mixed-visual-abilities
Filipa Rocha
[Demo] Kavita Project: Voice Programming for People with Motor Disabilities
Dayanlee De León Cordero
[DC] Tactile Play and Literacy Learning for Blind or Visually Impaired Children
Vinitha Gadiraju
[Demo] An Intelligent Math E-Tutoring System for Students with Specific Learning
Disabilities
Zikai Alex DWen
[Poster] Making Math Graphs More Accessible in Remote Learning: Using
Sonification to Introduce Discontinuity in Calculus
Keita Ohshiro
[Poster] Active Math Learning for Students with Writing Disabilities
Kale Kurtzhall
14:45
Break (15 mins)
15:00
Paper Session 5: Representations of disability and researcher perspectives
Session Chairs:
Cynthia Bennett, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Lauren Milne, Macalester College, USA
What difference does tech make? Conceptualizations of Disability and
Assistive Technology among Kenyan Youth
Giulia Barbareschi: University College London;
Norah Shitawa Kopi: Shujaaz Inc;
Ben Oldfrey: UCL;
Catherine Holloway: University College London
"That's in the eye of the beholder": Layers of Interpretation in Image
Descriptions for Fictional Representations of People with Disabilities
Emory James Edwards: University of California Irvine;
Kyle Lewis Polster: University of California Irvine;
Isabel Tuason: University of California Irvine;
Michael Gilbert: Google;
Emily Blank: Google;
Stacy Branham: University of California, Irvine
Accept or Address? Researchers’ Perspectives on Response Bias in
Accessibility Research*
Joy Ming: Cornell;
Sharon Heung: Cornell Tech;
Shiri Azenkot: Cornell Tech;
Aditya Vashistha: Cornell
Best Paper Nominee
Mixed abilities and varied experiences: a group auto-ethnography of a virtual
summer internship*
Kelly Mack: University of Washington;
Maitraye Das: Northwestern University;
Dhruv Jain: University of Washington;
Danielle Bragg: Microsoft Research;
John Tang: Microsoft;
Andrew Begel: Microsoft;
Erin Beneteau: University of Washington;
Josh Urban Davis: Dartmouth College;
Abraham Glasser: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Joon Sung Park: Stanford University;
Venkatesh Potluri: University of Washington
Best Paper Nominee
Panel Q&A
16:00 - 17:00
SIGACCESS Business Meeting - All Welcome
SIGACCESS Chair - Matt Huenerfauth, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
SIGACCESS Vice-chair - Kathleen McCoy, University of Delaware, USA
TIME [EDT]
-3h Seattle [PDT] +5h London [BST] +6h Central Europe [CET]
EVENT
9:00
TACCESS Presentations Session 1:
Session Chair:
Tiago Guerreiro, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Echolocation as a Means for People with Visual Impairment (PVI) to Acquire
Spatial Knowledge of Virtual Space
Ronny Andrade: The University of Melbourne
Jenny Waycott: The University of Melbourne
Steven Baker: The University of Melbourne
Frank Vetere: The University of Melbourne
Fully Autonomous Vehicles for People with Visual Impairment: Policy,
Accessibility, and Future Directions
Paul D.S. Fink: The University of Maine
Jessica A Holz: The University of Maine
Nicholas A Giudice: The University of Maine
Investigating Best Practices for Remote Summative Usability Testing with People
with Mild to Moderate Dementia
Rachel Wood: University of Maryland
Emma Dixon: University of Maryland
Salma Elsayed-Ali: University of Maryland
Ekta Shokeen: University of Maryland
Amanda Lazar: University of Maryland
Jonathan Lazar: University of Maryland
A Longitudinal Evaluation of Tablet-Based Child Speech Therapy with Apraxia
World
Adam Hair: Texas A&M University;
Kirrie J Ballard: The University of Sydney;
Constantina Markoulli: The University of Sydney;
Penelope Monroe: The University of Sydney;
Jacqueline McKechnie: The University of Sydney;
Beena Ahmed: University of New South Wales;
Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna: Texas A&M University;
Enhancing Internet Search Abilities for People with Intellectual Disabilities
in Sri Lanka
Theja K Arachchi: Queensland University of Technology and University of Ruhuna;
Laurianne Sitbon: Queensland University of Technology;
Jinglan Zhang: Queensland University of Technology;
Ruwan Gamage: University of Colombo;
Priyantha Hewagamage: University of Colombo
A Comparison of Touchscreen and Mouse for Real-World and Abstract Tasks with
Older Adults
Sunghee Kim: Dong-eui University;
Kailun Zhang: University of British Columbia;
Joanna McGrenere: University of British Columbia;
Kellogg S. Booth: University of British Columbia;
Claudia Jacova: Pacific University;
The FATE Landscape of Sign Language AI Datasets: An Interdisciplinary
Perspective
Danielle Bragg: Microsoft Research;
Naomi Caselli: Boston University;
Julie A Hochgesang: Gallaudet University;
Matt Huenerfauth: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Leah Katz-Hernandez: Microsoft;
Oscar Koller: Microsoft;
Raja Kushalnagar: Gallaudet University;
Christian Vogler: Gallaudet University;
Richard E. Ladner: University of Washington
Discussions on Discord
10:00
Break (15 mins)
10:15
Paper Session 6: Novel tools and usability studies
Arthur Theil, Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
American Sign Language Video Anonymization to Support Online Participation of
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users*
Sooyeon Lee: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Abraham Glasser: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Becca Dingman: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Zhaoyang Xia: Rutgers University;
Dimitris Metaxas: Rutgers University;
Carol Neidle: Boston University;
Matt Huenerfauth: Rochester Institute of Technology
Best Paper Nominee
Designing Tools for High-Quality Alt Text Authoring*
Kelly Mack: University of Washington;
Edward Cutrell: Microsoft Research;
Bongshin Lee: Microsoft Research;
Meredith Ringel Morris: Microsoft Research
Best Paper Nominee
Slidecho: Flexible Non-Visual Exploration of Presentation Videos
Yi-Hao Peng: Carnegie Mellon University;
Jeffrey P Bigham: Carnegie Mellon University;
Amy Pavel: Carnegie Mellon University
VStroll: An Audio-based Virtual Exploration to Encourage Walking among People
with Vision Impairments
Gesu India: Microsoft Research;
Mohit Jain: Microsoft Research;
Pallav Karya: Microsoft Research;
Nirmalendu Diwakar: Microsoft Research;
Manohar Swaminathan: Microsoft Research
Panel Q&A
11:15
Break (10 mins)
11:25
50th Anniversary Panel 3: The Relationship Between Disability Rights and Digital
Accessibility
Moderator:
Daniel Goldstein
Panelists:
Shadi Abou-Zahra
Deborah Kaplan
Mark Riccobono
Howard Rosenblum
12:30
Gold Sponsors
Facebook
12:45
Break (45 mins)
13:30
Poster Previews Session 3
Short video previews of each of today's posters, demos, student research competition
submissions, and doctoral consortium artifacts will be played
Session Chairs:
Jon Froehlich, University of Washington, USA
Benjamin Tannert, Bremen City University of Applied Science, Germany
14:00
Posters, Demos, SRC & DC Session 3
[Poster] Landscape Analysis of Commercial Visual Assistance Technologies
Abigale Stangl
[Poster] A review of how older adults' computer skills and proficiency are
reported in the literature
Faustina Hwang
[Poster] Interview and Think-Aloud Accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Participants in Design Research
Kristen Shinohara
[Poster] Meeting Participants with Intellectual Disabilities during COVID-19
Pandemic: Challenges and Improvisation
Leandro Soares Guedes
[Poster] Expanding Designing for One to Invite Others Through Reverse Inclusion
Manesha Andradi
[Poster] TWalker - An Autonomous, Interactive Walking Aid
Johannes Hackbarth
[Poster] Collecting Sidewalk Network Data at Scale for Accessible Pedestrian
Travel
Yuxiang Zhang
[Poster] Robot Trajectories When Approaching a User with a Visual Impairment
Jirachaya "Fern" Limprayoon
[Poster] An automated AR-based annotation tool for indoor navigation for
visually impaired people
Pei Du
[Demo] Clew3D: Automated Generation of O&M Instructions Using LIDAR-Equipped
Smartphones
Hwei-Shin Harriman
[Demo] Rehabilitation through Accessible Mobile Gaming and Wearable Sensors
Dragan Ahmetovic
[Poster] Colorable Band: A Wearable Device to Encourage Daily Decision Making
Based on Behavior of Users with Color Vision Deficiency
Akira Uehara
[Demo] Inverse Color Contrast Checker: Automatically Suggesting Color
Adjustments that meet Contrast Requirements on the Web
Frode Eika Sandnes
[Poster] Social Haptic Communication mimicked with vibrotactile patterns - an
evaluation by users with deafblindness
Myrthe Plaisier
[Demo] PatRec: A Mobile Game for Learning Social Haptic Communication
Jessica Vuijk
[Poster] Accessible Citizen Science, by people with intellectual disability
Laurianne Sitbon
[Poster] Is home-based webcam eye-tracking with older adults living with and
without Alzheimer's disease feasible?
Anne-Marie Greenaway
[Demo] An Open-source Tool for Simplifying Computer and Assistive Technology Use
Gregg Vanderheiden
[Poster] Towards Using Live Photos to Mitigate Image Quality Issues In VQA
Photography
Lauren Olson
[Poster] Accessibility Support in Web Frameworks
Yasmine Elglaly
[Poster] Towards a Secured and Safe Online Social Media Design Framework for
People with Intellectual Disability
Ya-Wen Chang
[Poster] Designing a Pictorial Communication Web Application With People With
Intellectual Disability
Laurianne Sitbon
[Demo] SciA11y: Converting Scientific Papers to Accessible HTML
Lucy Wang
14:45
Break (15 mins)
15:00
Paper Session 7: AI and Accessibility
Session Chairs:
Anhong Guo, University of Michigan, USA
Aqueasha Martin Hammond, IUPUI, USA
Fluent: An AI Augmented Writing Tool for People who Stutter
Bhavya Ghai: Stony Brook University;
Klaus Mueller: Stony Brook University
Disability-first Dataset Creation: Lessons from Constructing a Dataset for
Teachable Object Recognition with Blind and Low Vision Data Collectors
Lida Theodorou: City, University of London;
Daniela Massiceti: Microsoft Research;
Luisa Zintgraf: University of Oxford;
Simone Stumpf: City, University of London;
Cecily Morrison: Microsoft Research;
Edward Cutrell: Microsoft Research;
Matthew Tobias Harris: City, University of London;
Katja Hofmann: Microsoft
Sharing Practices for Datasets Related to Accessibility and Aging
Rie Kamikubo: University of Maryland;
Utkarsh Dwivedi: University of Maryland;
Hernisa Kacorri: University of Maryland
WLA4ND: a Wearable Dataset of Learning Activities for Young Adults with
Neurodiversity to Provide Support in Education
Hui Zheng: George Mason University;
Pattiya Mahapasuthanon: George Mason University;
Yujing Chen: George Mason University;
Huzefa Rangwala: George Mason University;
Anya S Evmenova: George Mason University;
Vivian Genaro Motti: George Mason University
TIME [EDT]
-3h Seattle [PDT] +5h London [BST] +6h Central Europe [CET]
EVENT
9:00
Student Research Competition Finals
Session Chair:
Dragan Ahmetovic, University of Milan, Italy
10:00
Break (15 mins)
10:15
TACCESS Presentations Session 2
Session Chair:
Stephanie Ludi, University of North Texas, USA
Towards Designing Mobile Apps for Independent Travel: Exploring Current
Barriers and Opportunities for Supporting Young Adults with Down's
Syndrome
Al Majed Khan: University of Strathclyde;
Mark D Dunlop: University of Strathclyde;
Marilyn Lennon: University of Strathclyde;
Mateusz Dubiel: University of Strathclyde
How could Equality and Data Protection law shape AI Fairness for People with
Disabilities?
Reuben Binns, University of Oxford;
Reuben Kirkham, Monash University
Computer Vision-based Methodology to Improve Interaction for People with
Motor and Speech Impairment
Rúbia E O Schultz Ascari: UFPR and UTFPR;
Roberto Pereira: UFPR;
Luciano Silva: UFPR
Accessible Web Development: Opportunities to improve education & practice of
web development with a screen reader
Claire Kearney-Volpe: New York University;
Amy Hurst: New York University
Irrelevant Gadgets or a Source of Worry: Exploring Wearable Activity Trackers
with Older Adults
Dimitri Vargemidis: KU Leuven;
Kathrin Gerling: KU Leuven;
Vero Vanden Abeele: KU Leuven;
Luc Geurts: KU Leuven;
Katta Spiel: KU Leuven, TU Wien
Melodie: A Design Inquiry into Accessible Crafting through Audio-enhanced
Weaving
Katya Borgos-Rodriguez: Northwestern University;
Maitraye Das: Northwestern University;
Anne Marie Piper: University of California, Irvine
Immersive Virtual Reality for Older Adults: Empirically Grounded Design
Guidelines
Vero Vanden Abeele: KU Leuven;
Brenda Schraepen: KU Leuven;
Hanne Huygelier: KU Leuven;
Céline Gillebert: KU Leuven;
Kathrin Gerling: KU Leuven;
Raymond van Ee: KU Leuven
Discussions on Discord
11:15
Break (10 mins)
11:25
Paper Session 8: Independence and everyday living
Session Chairs:
André Rodrigues, University of Lisbon, Portugal
David Gonçalves, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Non-Visual Cooking: Exploring Practices and Challenges of Meal Preparation by
People with Visual Impairments
Franklin Mingzhe Li: Carnegie Mellon University;
Jamie Dorst: Carnegie Mellon University;
Peter Cederberg: Carnegie Mellon University;
Patrick Carrington: Carnegie Mellon University
Deinstitutionalizing Independence: Discourses of Disability and Housing in
Accessible Computing
Kevin M Storer: University of California, Irvine;
Stacy Branham: University of California, Irvine
Opportunities for Supporting Self-efficacy Through Orientation & Mobility
Training Technologies for Blind and Partially Sighted People
Maryam Bandukda: University College London;
Catherine Holloway: University College London;
Aneesha Singh: University College London;
Giulia Barbareschi: University College London;
Nadia Berthouze: University College London
Investigating the Navigational Habits of People who are Blind in India
Anirudh Nagraj: University of Maryland, Baltimore County;
Ravi Kuber: University of Maryland, Baltimore County;
Foad Hamidi: University of Maryland, Baltimore County;
Raghavendra Prasad S G: R.V. College of Engineering
Panel Q&A
12:30
Break (60 mins)
13:30
Experience Reports
Session Chair:
Martez Mott, Microsoft Research, USA
Kyle Rector, University of Iowa, USA
A Case for Making Web Accessibility Guidelines Accessible: Older Adult
Content Creators and Web Accessibility Planning
Aqueasha Martin-Hammond: Indiana University - Purdue University
Indianapolis;
Ulka Patil: Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis;
Barsa Tandukar: Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Developing Accessible Mobile Applications with Cross-Platform Development
Frameworks
Sergio Mascetti: Università degli Studi di Milano;
Mattia Ducci: Università degli Studi di Milano;
Niccolò Cantù: Università degli Studi di Milano;
Paolo Pecis: Università degli Studi di Milano;
Dragan Ahmetovic: Università degli Studi di Milano
Interdependent Variables: Remotely Designing Tactile Graphics for an
Accessible Workflow
Lilian de Greef: Apple;
Dominik Moritz: Apple;
Cynthia L Bennett: Apple
Lost in Translation: Challenges and Barriers to Conducting Sign
Language-Accessible User Research in Remote Environments
Amelie Unger: Ergosign GmbH;
Dieter P. Wallach: Ergosign GmbH;
Nicole Jochems: Institute for Multimedia and Interactive Systems
Providing and Accessing Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of
Mental Health Professionals, Community and Vocational Support Providers, and
Adults with ASD
Tiffany Thang: University of California, Santa Cruz;
Alice Liang: University of California Santa Cruz;
Yechan Choi: UC Santa Cruz;
Adrian Parrales: University of California;
Sara H. Kuang: UC Santa Cruz;
Sri Kurniawan: University of California Santa Cruz;
Heather Perez: Hope Services
Regulating Personal Cameras for Disabled People and People with
Deafblindness: Implications for HCI and Accessible Computing
Sarah L. Woodin: University of Leeds;
Arthur Theil: Birmingham City University
Panel Discussion
14:45
Break (15 mins)
15:00
Paper Session 9: Communication and novel interactions
Session Chairs:
Danielle Bragg, Microsoft, USA
Abraham Glasser, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
At a Different Pace: Evaluating Whether Users Prefer Timing Parameters in
American Sign Language Animations to Differ from Human Signers’ Timing
Sedeeq Al-khazraji: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Becca Dingman: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Sooyeon Lee: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Matt Huenerfauth: Rochester Institute of Technology
I See What You Are Saying: A Literature Review of Eye Tracking Research in
Communication of Deaf or Hard of Hearing Individuals*
Chanchal Agrawal: Rochester Institute of Technology;
Roshan L Peiris: Rochester Institute of Technology
Best Paper Nominee
“It is fascinating to make these beasts fly”: Understanding Visually Impaired
People’s Motivations and Needs for Drone Piloting
Vinitha Gadiraju: University of Colorado Boulder;
Jérémie Garcia: ENAC - Université de Toulouse;
Shaun Kane: University of Colorado Boulder;
Anke M. Brock: University Toulouse
Aided Nonverbal Communication through Physical Expressive Objects*
Stephanie Valencia: Carnegie Mellon University;
Mark Steidl: Disability Rights Advocate;
Michael L Rivera: Carnegie Mellon University;
Cynthia L Bennett: Carnegie Mellon University;
Jeffrey P Bigham: Carnegie Mellon University;
Henny Admoni: Carnegie Mellon University
Best Paper Nominee