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Neurodiversity and the Accessible University: Exploring Organizational Barriers, Access Labor and Opportunities for Change

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Borsotti, Valeria, Begel, Andrew, Bjørn, Pernille·2024·Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Abstract

The access needs of neurodivergent individuals in organizational settings are many and varied - and so are their everyday contributions to the creation of collective access. In this study, we contribute to the growing body of CSCW research on accessibility and investigate the invisible access labor of neurodivergent students in three computer science institutions. We use an exploratory, multi-stakeholder approach, combining semi-structured interviews (n=26) and document analysis. We adopted a broad definition of neurodiversity: our study included individuals with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, cyclothymia and individuals with neurological conditions that developed as a result of illness, trauma or injury. Our findings show that neurodivergent students face a number of structural and attitudinal barriers to access in the educational environment and within the disability support system. We identified barriers in three main areas: (i) assistive technology access barriers, (ii) cognitive and physical access barriers, and (iii) social access barriers. We examined how stigma, individualized understandings of disability and intersectional disadvantage shape organizational practices and explored how students are creatively improving collective access through micro-interventions, although these efforts are largely invisible. We then draw on our findings to identify opportunities for change. We propose access grafting as a bottom-up approach to rethinking and reorienting organizational strategies to improve equitable access.

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    There are significant differences in executive functioning between neurodivergent and neurotypical individuals.

    “-ere are significant differences in 'executive functioning', a term that includes working memory, skills related to planning, initiating, and following through actions, inhibition, self-motivation, and focus [62], [72].”
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      The Findings section (5.2; page unavailable) discusses how applicants' ability to tell their stories can affect asylum casework, but does not address executive functioning or compare neurodivergent and neurotypical people. Searches for those terms and for working memory, planning, and inhibition found no relevant passage in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.75)

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    Gendered and racialized patterns of under-diagnosing or late diagnosis preclude or delay access to accommodations, which adds to other barriers experienced by historically underrepresented groups in CS.

    “For example, gendered and racialized patterns of under-diagnosing or late diagnosis [4], [69], preclude or delay access to accommodations, which adds to other barriers experienced by historically underrepresented groups in CS [10], [21], [53].”
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      The Background (page unavailable) reports that Black and Hispanic children are more likely than White children to receive a delayed autism diagnosis, supporting the racialized-diagnosis part of the claim. The cited passages do not establish a gendered pattern of delayed diagnosis. The later statement about accommodations and barriers in CS is separate from the portion cited to this paper. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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    Structural and attitudinal access barriers are intensified by intersecting social dimensions including gender, nationality or immigrant status, co-occurring mental health conditions and multiple diagnoses.

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    Neurodivergent students at the three studied Danish computer science institutions encounter structural and attitudinal barriers to access in the educational setting and in the disability support system.

    “Our findings show that neurodivergent students face a number of structural and attitudinal barriers to access in the educational environment and within the disability support system.”
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      “First, we describe how neurodivergent students encounter structural and aitudinal barriers to access, both in the educational environment and when interacting with the disability support system.”
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    The identified access barriers fall into three main categories: assistive technology, cognitive and physical access, and social access.

    “We identified barriers in three main areas: (i) assistive technology access barriers, (ii) cognitive and physical access barriers, and (iii) social access barriers.”
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      “We have identified three main areas where students' needs are typically invisible and therefore not met: (i) Assistive Technology Needs; (ii) Cognitive/Physical Access Needs and (iii) Social Access Needs.”
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    People with dyslexia often use assistive technology to read or write text.

    “People with dyslexia oen use assistive technology in order to read or write text (or both) [51], [54].”
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      The passages from the review discuss intersectionality and disability, while the closest reference-list match is an article published in Dyslexia; neither addresses assistive technology for reading or writing. Searches for dyslexia and assistive technology, including reading and writing text, found no passage supporting the claim in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.75)

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    Sensory sensitivity differences manifest in different degrees of hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity in neurodivergent people.

    “-Sensory sensitivity differences manifest in different degrees of hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity -people with autism, ADHD, chronic illness, and brain injury, for example, might experience this around touch, smell, taste, sound, sight, proprioception (body awareness), or balance [20], [38], [89].”
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      The Introduction identifies ADHD and autism as neurodevelopmental disorders, but does not describe sensory hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity. Searches for those terms and for sensory processing across the listed senses found no passage addressing the claim; a sensory-processing study appears only in the References. No page numbers were available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.72)

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      The Abstract and Principles and Philosophy of a Trauma-Informed System discuss trauma survivors’ needs, dissociation, and hypervigilance, not degrees of sensory hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity in neurodivergent people. Searches for sensory sensitivity, autism, ADHD, and sensory modalities found no passage addressing the attributed claim. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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    Universal Design for Learning and use of technology for planning, reading, writing, communicating, and collaborating are hugely beneficial in promoting inclusivity.

    “Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the use of technology for planning, reading, writing, communicating, and collaborating prove hugely beneficial in promoting inclusivity [20], [30].”
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    • cites [20] 20. Franceli L. Cibrian, Kimberley D. Lakes, Arya Tavakoulnia, Kayla Guzman, Sabrina Schuck, and Gillian R. Hayes. 2020. Supporting Self-Regulation of Children with ADHD Using Wearables: Tensions and Design Challenges. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376837 source

      The Introduction says wearable technologies have been used to support people with neurodevelopmental disorders, and the Conclusion supports including children with disabilities in designing those technologies. The paper does not address Universal Design for Learning or show that technology for planning, reading, writing, communicating, and collaborating is hugely beneficial for educational inclusivity. No page numbers were available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.73)

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    A systematic review of research on neurodivergent students in higher education reveals studies typically focus on dyslexia, autism or ADHD and are mainly conducted in English-speaking countries.

    “A systematic review of research on neurodivergent students in higher education reveals that studies typically focus on dyslexia, autism or ADHD and have been conducted mainly in English-speaking countries [20].”
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    • cites [20] 20. Franceli L. Cibrian, Kimberley D. Lakes, Arya Tavakoulnia, Kayla Guzman, Sabrina Schuck, and Gillian R. Hayes. 2020. Supporting Self-Regulation of Children with ADHD Using Wearables: Tensions and Design Challenges. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376837 source

      The Participants section describes an empirical study of 24 children aged 10–13, not a systematic review of students in higher education. Searches for higher education, dyslexia, and English-speaking countries found no passage reporting the claimed patterns in the literature. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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    Neurodivergent individuals differ significantly in energy fluctuations related to fatigue and physical symptoms, often compounded by external stressors.

    “-Fluctuations in energy levels related to fatigue and physical symptoms -and oen compounded by external stressors, is another area in which the needs of neurodivergent individuals differ significantly, as they might experience periods (hours, days, or weeks) in which they grapple with physical, emotional, or mental fatigue [16], [36], [66].”
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      The Background and Discussion passages address the minority tax and disparities affecting underrepresented minority faculty in academic medicine. Searches for neurodivergence, fatigue, energy fluctuations, physical symptoms, and external stressors found no passage addressing the cited claim. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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    Students with disabilities experience challenges with missing support, lack of flexibility, and heavy repeated bureaucratic tasks when applying for accommodations, extensions and assistive tech.

    “ey experience challenges with missing support, lack of flexibility, heavy and repeated bureaucratic tasks in the process of applying for accommodations, extensions and assistive tech [78].”
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      The passages from “Representation as Stereotyping” discuss document-coding work in a law firm, while “Representation and Control” discusses airline operations; page numbers are unavailable in our copy. Searches for students with disabilities, accommodations, extensions, assistive technology, and bureaucratic application tasks found no passage addressing the claimed experience. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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    These findings confirm existing studies on the existence of barriers to equal access in Danish higher education and support previous research demonstrating that universities often act as neurodiversity cold spots, presenting a wide range of inaccessibility issues.

    “These findings unfortunately confirm existing studies on the existence of barriers to equal access in Danish higher education [78], [81] and support previous research demonstrating that universities often act as neurodiversity”
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    • cites [78] 78. Lucy Suchman. 1995. Making Work Visible. Commun. ACM 38, 9: 56-ff. https://doi.org/10.1145/223248.223263 source

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    The micro-interventions center values and approaches that are missing in practice: access intimacy, an emphasis on research-based methods for accessible teaching, new ways of experimenting with remote access and multimodality, spoon theory, activating new connections and knowledge sharing across siloed units, and anti-stigma literacy.

    “The micro-interventions center values and approaches that are missing in practice: access intimacy [56], an emphasis on research-based methods for accessible teaching, new ways of experimenting with remote access and multimodality, spoon theory, activating new connections and knowledge sharing across siloed units, and anti-stigma literacy.”
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    Access labor is a prominent concept in accessibility and critical access studies, and it conceptually extends CSCW's understanding of articulation work.

    “The notion of access labor (or access work) is prominent in accessibility and critical access studies [35], [70], [88] and it conceptually extends core CSCW understandings of articulation work.”
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      The Discussion addresses access to health care in relation to ADHD diagnosis, not the concept of access labor. Searches for “access labor,” “access work,” “articulation work,” and “critical access studies” found no passage addressing the attributed claim. The available passages have no page numbers. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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    CSCW research has identified core concepts such as articulation work, awareness, and coordination.

    “CSCW research has conceptualized the intricacies of cooperative engagements -and identified core concepts such as articulation work [9], [68], awareness [32], [34] and coordination [31].”
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      The citation to Schlesinger et al. is attached to “articulation work” in the citing sentence. The available passages from the Introduction and Analysis of the Corpus discuss representations of users and identity in HCI, not articulation work as a CSCW concept; searches for articulation work and cooperative work found no passage addressing that point. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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    Disability support datasets exclude students without formal diagnosis or medical documentation and those unaware of or unwilling to register for support.

    “In addition, disability support datasets do not include students who do not have a formal diagnosis/medical documentation, or who are unaware of or unwilling to register for disability support.”
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    Findingreasoning

    The information gap among university staff creates AT barriers especially for students with dyslexia, who often use AT regularly and are the largest registered group of students with disabilities.

    “is information gap among university staff creates barriers around AT especially for students with dyslexia -who oen use AT regularly and are the largest registered group of students with disabilities.”
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    Findingown data

    Neurodivergent students develop micro-interventions that improve collective access, though these efforts are largely invisible.

    “explored how students are creatively improving collective access through micro-interventions, although these efforts are largely invisible.”
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      “Finally, we describe the bottom-up micro-interventions for collective access developed by students and their allies.”
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    CS teachers are generally not informed, even statistically or anonymized, about students' access needs, and receive no training or support around neurodiversity, disability or assistive technology.

    “CS teachers explain they are generally not informed -not even in statistical or anonymized terms -about the students' access needs, and they receive no training or support around neurodiversity, disability or assistive technology.”
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    Information about the number and types of students with disabilities is siloed within disability support units and not shared with CS department staff.

    “Information on the number and typology of students with disabilities is siloed (available only within disability support units at each university) and it is not currently shared with staff in CS departments.”
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    Teachers typically learn about access needs only when students disclose them or right before exams, when they receive a note about granted assistive tech and reasonable accommodations.

    “A teacher is typically only informed about access needs when students themselves choose to disclose the information or right before exams, when teachers receive a note about the assistive tech and reasonable accommodations they have been granted.”
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    Information on disability status and specific needs provided by students to Disability Services is unidirectional and not shared outside the unit.

    “By interviewing teachers and disability officers, we learned that the information on disability status and specific needs which is provided by students to Disability Services (upon registering for disability support) is unidirectional and not shared with anyone outside of the unit.”
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    These exam accessibility breakdowns caused students to fail exams, receive low grades, or reschedule assessments.

    “ese breakdowns led to students failing exams, geing low grades, or having to reschedule the assessment.”
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    All participants with dyslexia, one with ADHD, and one with post-concussion syndrome use assistive technology.

    “All our study participants with dyslexia, one participant with ADHD and one participant with post-concussion syndrome are users of assistive technology.”
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    Stigma, individualized understandings of disability, and intersectional disadvantage shape organizational practices.

    “We examined how stigma, individualized understandings of disability and intersectional disadvantage shape organizational practices and explored how students are creatively improving collective access through micro-interventions, although these efforts are largely invisible.”
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    Access needs are currently addressed by allocating special support to one single individual, leaving out social dimensions such as pre-existing care networks and the value of facilitating social support and community building.

    “Access needs are currently addressed by allocating”
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    Micro-intervention 6, by the stigma-awareness student volunteer, also had a wide reach besides being sustainable, since it is part of a formally organized non-profit.

    “Micro-intervention 6, by the stigma-awareness student volunteer, also had a wide reach besides being sustainable, since it is part of a formally organized non-profit.”
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    The intersection of neurodiversity with other dimensions like gender, nationality/immigrant status, socio-economic status, co-occurrence with mental health conditions and/or other diagnoses intensified existing barriers and required additional access labor from students.

    “e intersection of neurodiversity with other dimensions like gender, nationality/immigrant status, socio-economic status, co-occurrence with mental health conditions and/or other diagnoses intensified existing barriers and required additional access labor from students.”
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    The access needs of neurodivergent students are typically not visible from the outside, which can lead to false perceptions and judgments and can make it difficult for students to express them.

    “She articulates how the access needs of neurodivergent students are typically not visible from the outside, which can lead to false perceptions and judgments, and can make it difficult for students to express them.”
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    The expert knowledge of Disability Service officers is siloed: they are not tasked with providing organizational support to teachers or other university staff, nor do they have the resources for it.

    “The expert knowledge of Disability Service officers is siloed: they are not tasked with providing organizational support to teachers or other university staff, neither do they have the resources for it.”
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    By including the underrepresented experience of people with acquired neurodivergence (developed as a result of trauma, illness, and traumatic brain injury), we highlighted how additional physical symptoms and the challenge of disclosing vulnerable personal information regarding trauma had an influence on the availability of accommodations and the willingness to disclose one's diagnosis in order to

    “By including the underrepresented experience of people with acquired neurodivergence (developed as a result of trauma, illness, and traumatic brain injury) we highlighted how additional physical symptoms and the challenge of disclosing vulnerable personal information regarding trauma had an influence on the availability of accommodations and the willingness to disclose one's diagnosis in order to”
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    Findingcitation

    Women with autism were more likely to self-report experiences with invalidating comments on their identity (you don't look autistic) and relied on masking more often in order to fit in, which is consistent with research on gender differences in autism camouflaging patterns.

    “In addition, women with autism were more likely to self-report experiences with invalidating comments on their identity (”
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    Accessibility in the CS departments included in the study is still organizationally framed as the main responsibility of special support services, and the onus of mobilizing support is on the individual student.

    “Accessibility in the CS departments included in our study is still organizationally framed as the main responsibility of”
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    Immigrant status might mean either delay or lack of access to disability support.

    “Immigrant status might mean either delay or lack of access to disability support.”
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    Even though Denmark offers universal healthcare, there are extensive delays in the public mental health system, and some interviewees chose to pay high fees for private medical diagnoses to avoid delaying their accommodations for several months.

    “Even though Denmark offers universal healthcare, there are extensive delays in the public mental health system -some of our interviewees have chosen to pay high fees for private medical diagnoses to avoid delaying their accommodations for several months.”
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    Barriers emerged especially in connection with the system for hiring student mentors, which is currently outsourced to a private third-party welfare service organization.

    “In our study, these barriers emerged especially in connection with the system for hiring”
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    The current medical terminology adopted by systems of disability support (functional impairment) is perceived by some as stigmatizing and stressing a deficit in the individual, which makes it less appealing to seek support.

    “e current medical terminology adopted by systems of disability support (”
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    The women in the study reported more laborious patterns of diagnosis and were diagnosed later compared to the men.

    “The women in our study reported more laborious patterns of diagnosis and were diagnosed later compared to the men.”
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    Students with ADHD, dyslexia, and brain injury wish for more multimodal approaches to learning and remote access solutions.

    “Students with ADHD, dyslexia and brain injury wish for more multimodal approaches to learning and remote access solutions.”
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    Findingown data

    The majority of interviewees have experienced depression and/or social anxiety at different stages of their study journey, which meant that access partners such as parents or romantic partners occasionally needed to interact with the disability support system.

    “e majority of our interviewees have experienced depression and/or social anxiety at different stages of their study journey, which meant that access partners such as parents or romantic partners occasionally needed to interact with the disability support system.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingcitation

    Since current practices do not fully support the multilayered needs of neurodivergent students, they spend considerable time and effort engaging in invisible access labor in order to have their needs met.

    “Since current practices do not fully support the multilayered needs of neurodivergent students, they spend considerable time and effort engaging in invisible access labor [11], [88] in order to have their needs met.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 2 sources checked
    • cites [11] 11. Stacy M. Branham and Shaun K. Kane. 2015. The Invisible Work of Accessibility: How Blind Employees Manage Accessibility in Mixed-Ability Workplaces. In Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility -ASSETS '15, 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1145/2700648.2809864 source
    • cites [88] 88. Emily Q. Wang and Anne Marie Piper. 2018. Accessibility in Action: Co-Located Collaboration among Deaf and Hearing Professionals. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2, CSCW: 1- 25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3274449 source
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingnone given

    Many neurodivergent students have encountered negative and prejudiced attitudes at the university, in their previous studies, while interacting with social workers, and in job interviews, with students with dyslexia, ADHD, and autism in particular.

    “Many neurodivergent students have encountered negative and prejudiced aitudes at the university, in their previous studies, while interacting with social workers, and in job interviews -students with dyslexia, ADHD and autism in particular.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingown data

    Students with social anxiety and/or autism felt uncomfortable navigating the process of hiring their peers, and some withheld from seeking this accommodation because they felt uncomfortable and unsafe with the process.

    “Students with social anxiety and/or autism felt uncomfortable navigating the process of hiring their peers -since it is the student's task to conduct job interviews, some of our interviewees withheld from seeking this accommodation because they felt uncomfortable and unsafe with the process.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingown data

    Some women interviewees with autism reported masking quite frequently (suppressing certain behaviors related to autism) in order to fit in, and explained how costly that was in terms of their motivation, energy, and well-being.

    “some of our women interviewees with autism also reported”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingown data

    Video lectures allowed students to revise material, support focus by pausing and replaying, and catch up on classes skipped due to fatigue, pain, stress, or social anxiety.

    “Video lectures allowed students to revise material, support focus by pausing and replaying, and allowed them to catch up on classes skipped due to fatigue, pain, stress, or social anxiety.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingown data

    Awareness of social stigma plays a big role in how comfortable students are in seeking support or stating their needs, and disclosing one's diagnosis does not always feel safe.

    “Awareness of social stigma plays a big role in how comfortable the students are in seeking support or stating their needsdisclosing one's diagnosis does not always feel safe.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingown data

    Due to a lack of clear communication at the department level and a fragmented landscape of support across multiple service providers, seeking accommodations in many cases led to added stress and less time available for studying.

    “Due to a lack of clear communication at the department level, and to a fragmented landscape of support across multiple service providers, seeking accommodations led in many cases, paradoxically, to added stress and less time available for studying.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingown data

    Mentors are discouraged from becoming too close to mentees or their families, which can result in care networks being disrupted.

    “ey are discouraged from becoming too close to mentees or their families.is can result in care networks being disrupted”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingown data

    In classes where Emacs is the recommended IDE, screen reader users are encouraged to use Emacspeak but are left alone to figure out how, increasing the learning curve for software adoption and adding to the task of learning to code.

    “In classes where Emacs is the recommended IDE, screen reader users are encouraged to use Emacspeak but are le alone in figuring out how, increasing the learning curve for soware adoption, which adds to the task of learning how to code.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingown data

    Several students reported paying privately to study on equal footing with peers, including for private academic support, domain-specific screen-readers, and multiple doctor's notes due to lack of a formal diagnosis.

    “Several students also reported paying privately in order to be able to study on equal footing with their peers.is included paying for private academic support and for domain-specific screen-readers, and -in one case -paying for multiple doctor's notes each time applications for special accommodations were required, due to the lack of a formal diagnosis.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingown data

    Remote access and blended learning are experienced as very helpful, but these approaches were not common organizational practices in the institutions studied.

    “Remote access and blended learning are experienced as very helpful, but these approaches to learning were not common organizational practices in the institutions we studied.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingreasoning

    When micro-interventions were rooted in organizational support and grounded in some awareness and strategic focus on accessibility, they resulted in sustainable organizational change: micro-intervention 1 and 5 resulted in new inclusive guidelines and new institutional collaborations respectively.

    “But when the microinterventions were rooted in organizational support and grounded in some awareness and strategic focus on accessibility, they resulted in sustainable organizational change: microintervention 1 and 5 resulted in new inclusive guidelines and new institutional collaborations respectively.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingreasoning

    Only few of these examples translated into sustainable and long-term organizational change, as many of the students' efforts were not actively integrated by the CS department practices or could not have a direct impact on changing rigid bureaucratic practices.

    “However, only few of these examples translated into sustainable and long-term organizational change, as many of the student's efforts were not actively integrated by the CS department practices or could not have a direct impact on changing rigid bureaucratic practices.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

    Findingreasoning

    These micro-interventions involve caring for each other.

    “caring for each other”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable).

    Findingown data

    These micro-interventions carve new pathways of knowing-making across multiple stakeholders.

    “carving new pathways of knowing-making across multiple stakeholders”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Findingcitation

    Despite the historically prominent role of students with disabilities in shaping collective access in universities, Danish CS students are still largely framed as the passive recipients of parallel systems of bureaucratic support, rendering both their access needs and their micro-interventions invisible in their departments.

    “But despite the historically prominent role of students with disabilities in shaping collective access in universities [35], Danish CS students are still largely framed as the passive recipients of parallel systems of bureaucratic support, rendering both their access needs and their micro-interventions invisible in their departments.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [35] 35. Carl Gutwin and Saul Greenberg. 2002. A Descriptive Framework of Workspace Awareness for Real- Time Groupware. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 11, 3-4: 411-446. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021271517844 source
  • The quote only partly states this claim.

    Findingown data

    Neurodivergent students in Computer Science at three Danish universities face structural and attitudinal barriers to equal access in assistive technology, cognitive and physical accessibility, and social accessibility.

    “We found that neurodivergent students encounter a range of structural and attitudinal barriers to equal access in three main areas (Assistive Technology; Cognitive and Physical Accessibility; Social Accessibility)”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing). May combine two claims. The quote only partly states this claim.

    Study design and conductcitation

    The study planned and conducted interviews with accessibility in mind by providing clear communication, allowing breaks, and letting participants choose length and mode.

    “We strived to focus on accessibility when planning and conducting the interviews [49], by providing clear communication in advance, reminding our participants that they could ask for breaks anytime.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [49] 49. Kelly Mack, Emma McDonnell, Dhruv Jain, Lucy Lu Wang, Jon E. Froehlich, and Leah Findlater. 2021. What Do We Mean by "Accessibility Research"?: A Literature Survey of Accessibility Papers in CHI and ASSETS from 1994 to 2019. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445412 source
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationown data

    Assistive technology only works when students are enabled to use it, which depends on factors such as organizational readiness to anticipate and support AT use.

    “Assistive technology is designed to help users perform specific functions, but it only works if students are enabled to use it -and that depends on many factors, including the organizational readiness to anticipate and support the use of AT.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Premisecitation

    According to a 2021 nationwide survey, students with disabilities are less likely to start and finish educational programs.

    “According to a 2021 nationwide survey, students with disabilities are less likely to start and finish educational programs [85].”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [85] 85. Beatrice Vincenzi, Alex S. Taylor, and Simone Stumpf. 2021. Interdependence in Action: People with Visual Impairments and their Guides Co-constituting Common Spaces. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5, CSCW1: 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1145/3449143 source
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

    Premisenone given

    The share of higher education students registered with disability support services increased from 3% in 2010 to 11% in 2020.

    “e share of higher ed students registered with disability support services has increased from 3% in 2010 to 11% in 2020”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Premisecitation

    CSCW research on dyslexia suggests that understanding and supporting the invisible labor of access is a necessary precondition for improving accessibility.

    “CSCW research on dyslexia suggests that understanding and supporting the invisible labor of access is a necessary pre-condition for improving accessibility [88].”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [88] 88. Emily Q. Wang and Anne Marie Piper. 2018. Accessibility in Action: Co-Located Collaboration among Deaf and Hearing Professionals. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2, CSCW: 1- 25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3274449 source
  • May combine two claims.

    Premisecitation

    Neurodivergent individuals are more likely to have concurrent anxiety and depression, which further affects cognitive skills and energy levels.

    “Neurodivergent individuals are more likely to have concurrent anxiety and depression, which in turn further affect their cognitive skills and energy levels [58].”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [58] 58. Matthew B. Miles and A. M. Huberman. 1994. Qualitative data analysis: an expanded sourcebook. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks. source
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable). May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning

    For UDL and technology efforts to unfold and be effective, institutions need to increase knowhow and awareness around these approaches and be ready for organizational change.

    “However, for such efforts to unfold and be effective, institutions need to both increase knowhow and awareness around these approaches and be ready for organizational change.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Premisecitation

    Denmark has no strategy for collection, analysis and dissemination of data on disability, contrary to UN recommendations.

    “Contrary to recommendations from the UN Commiee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Denmark also still has no strategy for the collection, analysis and dissemination of data on disability (ibid).”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites (ibid)

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing). May combine two claims.

    Premisecitation

    A recent governmental report raises concerns about inequitable outcomes: students with disabilities experience lower well-being, more discrimination or harassment, and study environments not designed to be accessible, resulting in multiple barriers.

    “but a recent governmental report raises concerns about inequitable outcomes: Students with disabilities experience lower well-being, more discrimination /harassment compared with their non-disabled counterparts, and they interact with study environments that are not designed to be accessible -resulting in multiple barriers [81].”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [81] 81. Tanya Titchkosky. 2020. The Bureaucratic Making of Disability. New Formations 100, 100: 198-208. https://doi.org/10.3898/NewF:100-101.13.2020 source
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationown data

    Teachers may fail to anticipate access needs and may deny assistive technology use because of insufficient strategic training, disability literacy, and information sharing, even when disability officers support the request.

    “Due to a lack of strategic training, disability literacy and information sharing, teachers might not only be unable to anticipate access needs but might say no to the use of assistive techeven when the request is backed by other stakeholders (i.e.disability officers).”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

    Interpretationown data

    Trauma-informed approaches are not commonplace but could be highly beneficial in the training of peer-mentors and in the design of peer-mentoring systems, breaking down barriers and facilitating effective and safe networks.

    “We found that trauma-informed approaches are not commonplace but could be highly beneficial in the training of peer-mentors and in the design of peer-mentoring systems, breaking down barriers and facilitating effective and safe networks.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationown data

    The micro-interventions represent a variety of collective strategies to break barriers, support and improve collective access, and experiment with technology and learning practices in new ways.

    “ese micro-interventions represent a variety of collective strategies to break barriers, support and improve collective access and experiment with technology and learning practices in new ways.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationown data

    The neurodivergent students in the study acted as agents of accessibility, generating new knowledge and organizational practices, carving new connections across stakeholders, and working towards collective access in and outside their CS departments.

    “In this section, we document some of the many ways in which the neurodivergent students in our study acted as agents of accessibility, generating new knowledge and organizational practices, carving new connections across stakeholders, and working towards collective access in and outside of their CS departments.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable).

    Interpretationreasoning

    These findings show that there is an urgent need to work strategically with literacy on disability and neurodiversity in universities and in the third-party organizations involved in disability support, to design and facilitate more inclusive environments and socio-technical systems.

    “These findings show that there is urgent need to work strategically with literacy on disability and neurodiversity in universities and in the third-party organizations involved in disability support, to design and facilitate more inclusive environments and socio-technical systems.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Premisecitation

    Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is officially recommended but currently not officially reinforced by the Danish state as a way to make education more accessible.

    “A good place to start is incorporating structured approaches like Universal Design for Learning (UDL) which is officially recommended -but currently not officially”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [81] 81. Tanya Titchkosky. 2020. The Bureaucratic Making of Disability. New Formations 100, 100: 198-208. https://doi.org/10.3898/NewF:100-101.13.2020 source
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    We see these micro-interventions as foundational in processes of access knowing-making, as they activate new ways of experimenting with technology, countering stigma, and facilitating mutual support.

    “We see these microinterventions as foundational in processes of access knowing-making [35], as they activate new ways of experimenting with technology, countering stigma and facilitating mutual support.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [35] 35. Carl Gutwin and Saul Greenberg. 2002. A Descriptive Framework of Workspace Awareness for Real- Time Groupware. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 11, 3-4: 411-446. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021271517844 source
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning

    Micro-interventions 1 and 5 were successful because they had full institutional backing and were cocreated with people in formal positions within the universities.

    “ey were successful because they had full institutional backing and were cocreated with people in formal positions within the universities.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

    Interpretationnone given

    Although the current fragmented and individualized system of support makes it difficult for many other documented micro-interventions to sprout into broad and long-lasting organizational growth toward accessibility for neurodivergent students, they opened up new ways of rethinking and redesigning access locally and have the potential to inform future practices and relations.

    “Although the current fragmented and individualized system of support makes it difficult for many of the other documented micro-interventions to sprout into broad and long-lasting organizational growth toward accessibility for neurodivergent students, they opened up new ways of rethinking and redesigning access locally -and have the potential to inform future practices and relations.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Premisecitation

    According to current regulation, to receive disability support one must be a Danish citizen or have the right to support on equal footing with Danish citizens (for example, be an EU or EEA citizen) or be on an equal footing with Danish citizens.

    “According to current regulation, to receive disability support one must”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [15] 15. Kirsten R. Brown and Michael D. Coomes. 2016. A spectrum of support: current and best practices for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at community colleges. Community College Journal of Research and Practice 40, 6: 465-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2015.1067171 source
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based).

    Interpretationnone given

    Access labor is always cooperative.

    “Since access labor is always cooperative -and a multiplicity of bodies with a spectrum of needs exist in each cooperative engagement -access labor is a critical concept that extends the CSCW vocabulary and design practices.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable). May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning

    Access labor is an important concept that broadens CSCW's vocabulary and design practices.

    “access labor is a critical concept that extends the CSCW vocabulary and design practices.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning

    CSCW research has usually presumed a normative body when designing and theorizing cooperative work, and has underplayed how social norms and power relations together with disability affect the design and enactment of socio-technical systems.

    “For this reason, CSCW research has traditionally assumed a normative embodiment when designing and conceptualizing cooperative engagements, downplaying how social norms and power dynamics -combined with disability -shape how socio-technical systems are designed and enacted.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
    • Rests on an assumption: There is a historical lack of CSCW empirical studies that explicitly consider accessibility and the experience of people with disabilities in cooperative engagements.
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  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Neurodivergent individuals' access needs in organizational settings are many and varied, and their everyday contributions to collective access are likewise varied.

    “The access needs of neurodivergent individuals in organizational settings are many and varied -and so are their everyday contributions to the creation of collective access.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Access barriers are always rooted in existing socio-technical systems and can only be transformed with collective efforts.

    “Reimagining social and material contexts is essential, as access barriers are always rooted in existing socio-technical systems and can only be transformed with collective efforts.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    The availability of accommodations in higher education does not guarantee equal access.

    “e availability of accommodations in higher education is not a guarantee for equal access.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Neurodiversity, cognition-related disabilities, psychological conditions, and/or multiple disabilities are prominent in society.

    “Neurodiversity, cognition-related disabilities, psychological conditions, and/or multiple disabilities are less well-represented (ibid), thus additional work is needed because these conditions are prominent in our society.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Danish GDPR regulations permit the processing of special categories of personal data, such as disability, for tasks carried out in the public interest.

    “According to Danish GDPR regulations, processing of special categories of personal”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Public interest is not clearly defined in Danish GDPR regulations.

    “Though public interest is not clearly defined, universities should be able to demonstrate a compelling reason for disclosing statistical data in order to inform accessibility, equity and inclusivity initiatives in the interest of students.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    There is a historical lack of CSCW empirical studies that explicitly consider accessibility and the experience of people with disabilities in cooperative engagements.

    “However, there is a historical lack of CSCW empirical studies that explicitly consider accessibility and the experience of people with disabilities in cooperative engagements.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Assistive and accessible technology are always sociotechnical in nature, situated in specific contexts, digital and physical spaces, activities, and domains.

    “Recognize that assistive and accessible technology are always sociotechnical in nature, as they are situated into specific contexts, digital and physical spaces, activities and domains.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Neurodivergent students have multiple skills and access needs spanning cognitive, sensory, physical, emotional, and social areas.

    “Anticipate and value the multiple skills and access needs of neurodivergent students, spanning across multiple areas: cognitive, sensory, physical, emotional, and social.”
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  • Prior studies focus on workplace accessibility barriers.

    “Unlike prior studies that focus on workplace accessibility barriers [15, 21]”

    From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]

    The Abstract describes this paper as a study of neurodivergent students’ access barriers in three computer science institutions, not workplace barriers. The introductory passage mentions workplace accessibility as a topic of other prior research, then distinguishes this paper’s focus on undergraduate students. (LLM, conf=0.88)

    Checked by a reasoning model — may be wrong.

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • Invisible labour has expanded with barriers in technology exploding since the online migration of teaching with Covid-19, adding transitions between multiple apps and platforms.

    “This invisible labour has expanded, with barriers in technology [15] exploding since the online migration of teaching with Covid-19 [46]: this comes with additional transitions between multiple apps and platforms, which can be difficult for neurotypical and neurodivergent students alike, with the consideration that disabled students are already operating on fewer spoons [56] (lower energy”

    From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]

    Section 5.1.1 describes technology-related accessibility barriers and the additional access labor they impose on neurodivergent students. It does not establish that this labor expanded after teaching moved online during COVID-19 or attribute it to transitions among multiple apps and platforms; the citing sentence attaches a separate citation to the COVID-19 point. No page number is available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • Our findings demonstrate that the process of being a student itself constitutes a form of access work, requiring significant cognitive, emotional, and administrative effort.

    “While higher education is often framed as a pathway to professional work, our findings demonstrate that the process of being a student itself constitutes a form of access work, requiring significant cognitive, emotional, and administrative effort [15, 53, 58, 75, 78].”

    From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]

    Section 5.1.1 describes neurodivergent computer-science students’ efforts to obtain accommodations as excessive access labor that adds stress and takes time from studying. Section 5.1.2 also describes cognitive access barriers and a bureaucratic support system. The source supports the claim for the students it studied, but not the broader suggestion that being a student itself constitutes access work for students generally. (LLM, conf=0.82)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • Many digital systems and learning environments remain tuned to neurotypical norms due to limited adaptation in technical and educational systems.

    “Many digital systems and learning environments remain tuned to neurotypical norms, not because of neurodivergence per se but due to limited adaptation in technical and educational systems [4, 36, 40].”

    From Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education (2025) · cites this paper as [4]

    Sections 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 describe digital exams, assistive technology, and CS teaching practices that fail to anticipate neurodivergent students’ access needs; Section 6 attributes these barriers to structural and organizational shortcomings. The evidence supports the claim for the university settings studied, but not its broader statement about many digital systems and learning environments generally. (LLM, conf=0.84)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • Embedding UDL and accessibility across core CS courses is one concrete mechanism to interrupt the cycle from curricular neglect to inaccessible educational technologies and back to student access labor.

    “In computing, embedding UDL and accessibility across core CS courses is one concrete mechanism to interrupt the cycle from curricular neglect to inaccessible educational technologies and back to student access labor, making the intended transfer pathway explicit [4, 19, 20, 31, 35].”

    From Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education (2025) · cites this paper as [4]

    Section 5.1.1 reports that accessibility is not well integrated into the CS curricula examined and that access barriers impose substantial labor on students. Section 6.2 recommends UDL as a starting point for more accessible education. The paper does not specifically propose embedding UDL and accessibility across core CS courses or establish the claimed cycle from curricular neglect to inaccessible educational technologies and back to student access labor. (LLM, conf=0.84)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

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Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

Each contradiction between two passages listed here was confirmed by an independent check.

  • Not every listed intervention originated with students

    Minor

    The claim that all micro-interventions came from students' own experiences conflicts with the listed intervention created by a teacher, a disability officer and the first author.

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Authors
Borsotti, V., Begel, A., & Bjørn, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
  • Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Published
2024-04-17
Volume
8
Issue
CSCW1
Pages
1-27
ISSN
2573-0142 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4396218519
Cited by
54
References
68
Citations by year
2026: 32 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 3
FWCI
22.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Education and Employment
  • Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
Keywords
neurodiversity, neurodivergent students, accessibility, computer science education, disability services, assistive technology, attitudinal barriers, stigma, intersectional disadvantage, micro-interventions, organizational change, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, cyclothymia

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Claims read by deepseek-v4.1-flash under definition version 3 (extract-v3) on 2026-09-29.

Classified by jev-1.13-20260917 (gold-guideline-v0.2) on 2026-09-29.

Cited sources are checked by gpt-6-sol.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

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