Making the field of computing more inclusive
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More accessible conferences, digital resources, and ACM SIGs will lead to greater participation by more people with disabilities.
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Lazar et al. reported that even in the year when authors received considerable feedback about accessibility issues, the proportion of tagged PDFs only increased marginally (from 20.6% to 26.8%) and failed to sustain in subsequent years.
“They reported that even in the year when authors received considerable feedback about the accessibility issues in their submissions, the proportion of tagged PDFs only increased marginally (from 20.6% to 26.8%) and failed to sustain in the subsequent years.”
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- Authors
- Lazar, J., Churchill, E. F., Grossman, T., van der Veer, G., Palanque, P., Morris, J. "., & Mankoff, J.
- Affiliations
- Towson University (US)
- Google (United States) (US)
- Autodesk (Canada) (CA)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Twente University, Twente, the Netherlands and Dutch Open University, Heerlen, Netherlands and Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China and Lushun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
- Venue
- Communications of the ACM
- Published
- 2017-02-21
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 50-59
- ISSN
- 0001-0782 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-7317
- OpenAlex
- W2594338580
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 7.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.vu.nl
- Locations
- Communications of the ACM (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Open Archive Toulouse Archive Ouverte (University of Toulouse) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Education and Employment
- Keywords
- accessibility, inclusion, people with disabilities, electronic resources
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