Published Articles | AccessComputing

In order to build awareness about issues related to including people with disabilities in computing and build a knowledge base related to this topic, AccessComputing publishes articles in a variety of settings.

Shinohara, K., Kawas, S., Ko, A. J., & Ladner, R. E. (2018). Who teaches accessibility?: A survey of U.S. computing faculty. In proceedings from SIGCSE '18: The 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Baltimore, MD.
Wobbrock, J. O., Gajos, K. Z., Kane, S. K., & Vanderheiden, G. C. (2018). Ability-based design. Communications of the ACM, 61(6) 62-71.
Amanda Swearngin, Andrew J. Ko, and James Fogarty (2017). Genie: Input Retargeting on the Web through Command Reverse Engineering. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 4703-4714.
Burgstahler, S. (2017). ADA compliance for online course design. EDUCAUSE Review. Retrieved from http://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/1/ada-compliance-for-online-course-design
Burgstahler, S. (submitted 2017). Fully including students with disabilities in online courses: Tips for instructors. IAGD Spring 2017 special issue entitled Teaching Students with Disabilities: Concepts, Approaches, and Practices.
Ladner, R. & Burgstahler, S. (2017). Expanding the pipeline: Broadening participation in computing fields by preparing more professionals with disabilities. Computing Research News, 29(5), 55-58.
Ladner, R. & Stefik, A. (2017, June). AccessCSforAll: Making Computer Science Accessible to K-12 Students in the United States. SIGACCESS Newsletter, 118.
Ladner, R.E. & Rector, K. (2017). Making your presentation accessible. Interactions, 24(4), 56-59. DOI: 10.1145/3085564
Blaser, B., Ladner, R., and Burgstahler, S. Lessons learned: Engaging students with disabilities on a national scale. Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 2016. IEEE, 2016.
Ko, A.J. and Ladner, R. (2016) AccessComputing Promotes Teaching Accessibility. ACM Inroads 7.
Ladner, R., & Israel, M. 2016. "For all" in "computer science for all". Communications of the ACM. ACM59, 9 (August 2016), 26-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2971329
Bellman, S., Burgstahler, S., & Hinke, P. (2015). Academic coaching outcomes for students with disabilities pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 28(1), 101-106.
Burgstahler, S. (2015). Opening doors or slamming them shut? Online learning practices and students with disabilities. Social Inclusion, 3(6), 69-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v3i6.420
Ladner, R. (2015, May 15). AccessCS10K: helping make high school computing courses more accessible and welcoming to students with disabilities [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://blog.csta.acm.org/2015/05/15/AccessCS10K-helping-make-high-school-computing-courses-more-accessible-and-welcoming-to-students-with-disabilities/
Ladner, R. (2015). Design for user empowerment, Interactions, 22(7), 24-29. DOI:10.1145/2723869
Ladner, R. & Burgstahler, S. (2015). Increasing the participation of individuals with disabilities in computing. Communications of the ACM, 58(12), 33-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2835961
Stefik, A. (2015, October 1). AccessCS10K: An Introduction to the Quorum Programming Language and Evidence-Oriented Programming [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://blog.csta.acm.org/2015/10/01/AccessCS10K-quorum-programming-language-and-evidence-oriented-programming/
Stefik, A., & Ladner, R. (2015). Introduction to AccessCS10K and accessible tools for teaching programming. Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '15) (pp. 518–519). New York: Association for Computing Machinery. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2676723.2677321
Ladner, R. (2014 Mar). The impact of the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. Communications of the ACM, 57(3), 30-32.
Bellman, S., Burgstahler, S., Ladner, R. (2014). Work-based learning experiences help students with disabilities transition to careers: A case study of University of Washington projects. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, & Rehabilitation. 48, 399-405.
Blaser, B. (2014). Ensuring equal access for students with disabilities. CSTA Voice, 10(1), 3-4.
Burgstahler, S., Stefanich, G., & Stodden, R. (2014). College students with disabilities in STEM: Expanding opportunities by enhancing communication of evidence-based information with stakeholders. B. S. Duerstock & C. A. Shingledecker, Eds. (pp. 48-60). From college to careers: Fostering inclusion of persons with disabilities in STEM. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/344/6185/765.3
Ladner, R. (2014). My path to becoming an accessibility researcher, SIGAccess Newsletter, (110), 5-16. Retrieved from www.sigaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/sigaccess_newsletter_1102.pdf
Roth, R. (2013). Summer computing academy. CSTA Voice, 8(6), 5,8.
Taylor, V., & Ladner, R. (2013). Computing meets culture. CSTA Voice, 8(6), 4-5.
Thompson, T., Comden, D., Ferguson, S., Burgstahler, S., & Moore, E. (2013). Seeking Predictors of Web Accessibility in U.S. Higher Education Institutes, Information Technology and Disabilities Journal, 13(1).
Thompson, T. (2013). Teaching for diversity through web design. CSTA Voice, 9(3), 1-2.
Thompson, T., Comden, D., Ferguson, S., Burgstahler, S., & Moore, E. (2013). Seeking Predictors of Web Accessibility in U.S. Higher Education Institutes, Information Technology and Disabilities Journal, 13(1).
Taylor, V., & Ladner, R. (2012). Where are the minorities in computing?, Computing Research News, 24(2), 2.
Burgstahler, S. (2012). Creating an E-Mentoring Community, Closing the Gap, 30(6), 12-14.
Ladner, R., Alkoby, K., Bigham, J., Ludi, S., Marghitu, D., Stefik, A. (2012). Improving the accessibility of computing enrichment programs (abstract only). In SIGCSE ’12 Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education, 662. New York: ACM.
Burgstahler, S. (2012). Promoting the Success of Students with Learning Disabilities through Accommodations and Transition Support, Technology Access, and Universal Design. Japan Academy of Learning Disabilities (JALD).
Burgstahler, S., Ladner, R., & Bellman, S. (2012). Strategies for increasing the participation in computing of students with disabilities. ACM Inroads, 3(4), 42-48.
Burgstahler, S., Moore, E., & Crawford, L., (2011). Tracking the effectiveness of DO-IT interventions: New longitudinal data on students with disabilities, Closing the Gap, 30(3), 14-16.
Burgstahler, S., Anderson, A., & Litzkow, M. (2011). Accessible technology for online and face-to-face teaching and learning. In T. Cox & K. King (Eds.), The professor's guide to taming technology (pp. 201–218). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Burgstahler, S. (2011). Universal design: Implications for computing education. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 11(3).
Gilbert, J., Burnett, M., Ladner, R., Rosson, M., Davis, J. (2011). Applying the NSF broader impacts criteria to HCI research, CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 459-462.
Ladner, R. (Ed.) (2011). Broadening Participation. [Special Issue]. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 11(3).
Ladner, R., & VanDeGrift, T. (2011). Broadening Participation (Part 1), ACM Transactions, 11(2).
Ladner, R., & VanDeGrift, T. (2011). Broadening Participation (Part 2), ACM Transactions, 11(3).
Burgstahler, S. & Comden, D. (2011). Computer and cell phone access for individuals with mobility impairments: State of the art NeuroRehabilitation 28(3), 183-197.
Taylor, V., & Ladner, R. (2011). Data trends on minorities and people with disabilities in computing, Communications of the ACM, 54(12), 34.
Burgstahler, S., & Thompson, T. (2011). Fully including students, teachers, and administrators with disabilities in telementoring. In D. A. Scigliano (Ed.), Telementoring in the K-12 classroom (pp. 89-115). Hershey, NY: Information Science Reference.
Cavender, A. C., Ladner, R. E., & Roth, R. I. (2009). The Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Computing. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 41(1), 514-518.
Ladner, R. (2009). Broadening participation: Opening remarks. Communications of the ACM, 52(12), 22.
Ladner, R. E. (2009). Persons with disabilities: Broadening participation and accessibility research. Computing Research News, 21(2).
Ladner, R. & VanDeGrift, T. (2008). The game of life: an outreach model for high school students with disabilities. In S. Rodger (Ed.), Proceedings of the 39th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 296-297). New York: Association for Computing Machinery.
Ladner, R.E. (2008). Access for all. Association of Computing Machinery.
Thompson, T. (2008). Universal design of computing labs. In Universal design in higher education: From principles to practice (pp. 235-244). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Burgstahler, S., Ladner, R., & Comden, D. (2008). Broadening participation of people with disabilities in computing fields. In ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (pp. 12-15). Milwaukee, WI: IEEE.
Bigham, J. P., Aller, M., Brudvik, J. T., Leung, J. O., Yazzolino, L., & Ladner, R. E. (2008). Inspiring Blind High Schoolers to Pursue Computer Science with Instant Messaging Chatbots. In S. Rodger (Ed.), Proceedings of the 39th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 449–453). New York: Association for Computing Machinery.
Burgstahler, S., & Ladner, R. (2007). Increasing the participation of people with disabilities in computing fields. Computer, 40(5), 94-97.
Thompson, T., Burgstahler, S., Moore, E., Gunderson, J., & Hoyt, N. (2007). International research on web accessibility for persons with disabilities. In Managing worldwide operations and communications with information technology. Hershey, PA: Information Resources Management Association.
Ladner, R. (2007). Reaching students with disabilities. Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Voice, 3(2), 4.
VanDeGrift, T., Ladner, R. E., Poginy, A., & Burgstahler, S. (2006). The Game of Life Workshop - Reaching out to high school students with disabilities. Presented at the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago.
Burgstahler, S., & Ladner, R. (2006). An alliance to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in computing careers. ACM SIGACCESS Newsletter.
Ladner, R. (2006). Equal access: Making your department accessible to students with disabilities. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 22(2), 9-11.
Burgstahler, S., & Ladner, R. (2006). Making computing accessible. Computer Science Teachers Association, (CSTA) Voice, 2(3), 5.
AccessComputing. (2012). Equal access: universal design of computing departments [Brochure]. Seattle: DO-IT, University of Washington.
Ladner, R. & Comden, D. (2008). Computer science for everyone: Making your computing classes and departments accessible. In S. Rodger (Ed.), Proceedings of the 39th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 449–453). New York: Association for Computing Machinery.
Thompson, T. (2013). 30 web accessibility tips [Brochure]. Seattle: DO-IT, University of Washington.