Human-Centered Computing Works

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Working papers, posters, reports, presentations and other works authored by members of the Department of Human-Centered Computing.

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Browsing Human-Centered Computing Works by Subject "accessibility"

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    Broadband and Health Care: Legal and Policy Issues with Personal Health Records (PHR)
    (2010-10-14) Hook, Sara Anne; Jones, Josette
    This session will discuss the security, privacy and accessibility of PHRs and how the 2009 ARRA stimulus provisions (HITECH Act) and the 2010 National Broadband Plan facilitate, hamper or leave gaps in the implementation of PHRs for managing health information. It will also highlight unsettled legal issues with PHRs and the impact of state and federal legislation and government agencies.
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    Crowdsourcing Accessibility: Human-Powered Access Technologies
    (Now, 2015) Brady, Erin; Bigham, Jeffrey P.; Department of Human-Centered Computing, School of Informatics and Computing
    People with disabilities have always engaged the people around them in order to circumvent inaccessible situations, allowing them to live more independently and get things done in their everyday lives. Increasing connectivity is allowing this approach to be extended to wherever and whenever it is needed. Technology can leverage this human work force to accomplish tasks beyond the capabilities of computers, increasing how accessible the world is for people with disabilities. This article outlines the growth of online human support, outlines a number of projects in this space, and presents a set of challenges and opportunities for this work going forward.
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    E Pluribus Unum: Using Conceptual Metaphor Theory to Explore and Support Mixed-Ability Workplaces
    (ACM, 2021-10) Cafaro, Francesco; Brady, Erin; Chandra, Sow Mya; Patil, Ulka; Saxena, Abhijeet; Human-Centered Computing, School of Informatics and Computing
    Even when they are able to secure employment, people with cognitive disabilities typically encounter significant difficulties in the workplace. In this paper, we focus on Mixed-Ability workplaces: work settings in which people without disabilities and with different types of disabilities collaborate on a daily basis. The case study for our exploratory research is a university library that has been able to support a mixed-ability work setting for over four years. We describe how a theory from cognitive linguistics (Conceptual Metaphor Theory) can be used to explore the challenges that people encounter in mixed-ability workplaces, identify the cognitive processes that differ between neurotypical team leaders and workers with cognitive disabilities, and translate these findings into design recommendations for embodied technologies that support mixed-ability workplaces.
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    Slacktivists or Activists?: Identity Work in the Virtual Disability March
    (ACM, 2018-04) Li, Hanlin; Bora, Disha; Salvi, Sagar; Brady, Erin; Human-Centered Computing, School of Informatics and Computing
    Protests are important social forms of activism, but can be inaccessible to people with disabilities. Online activism, like the 2017 Disability March, has provided alternative venues for involvement in accessible protesting and social movements. In this study, we use identity theory as a lens to understand why and how disabled activists engaged in an online movement, and its impact on their self-concepts. We interviewed 18 disabled activists about their experiences with online protesting during the Disability March. Respondents' identities (as both disabled individuals and as activists) led them to organize or join the March, evolved alongside the group's actions, and were reprioritized or strained as a result of their involvement. Our findings describe the values and limitations of this activism to our respondents, highlight the tensions they perceived about their activist identities, and present opportunities to support further accessibility and identity changes by integrating technology into their activist experiences.