Neurodiversity and the Accessible University: Exploring Organizational Barriers, Access Labor and Opportunities for Change
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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].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 2 sources checked- cites [62] 62. Trine Rask Nielsen, Maria Menendez-Blanco, and Naja Holten Møller. 2023. Who Cares About Data? Ambivalence, Translation, and Attentiveness in Asylum Casework. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-023-09474-7 source
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)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [72] 72. Judy Singer. 2017. NeuroDiversity: the birth of an idea. Lexington.
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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].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 3 sources checked- cites [4] 4. Jennifer L. Ames, Elizabeth H. Morgan, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Yinge Qian, Maria L. Massolo, and Lisa A. Croen. 2022. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Psychiatric and Medical Diagnoses Among Autistic Adults. Autism in Adulthood 4, 4: 290-305. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2021.0083 source
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)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [69] 69. Kjeld Schmidt and Liam Bannon. 1992. Taking CSCW seriously: Supporting articulation work. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 1, 1-2: 7-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00752449 source
- cites [10] 10. Valeria Borsotti and Pernille Bjørn. 2022. Humor and Stereotypes in Computing: An Equity-focused Approach to Institutional Accountability. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-022-09440-9 source
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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.
“Secondly, we found that structural and aitudinal access barriers are intensified by intersecting social dimensions such as gender, nationality/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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A woman with dyslexia reported being asked to code on a whiteboard without a spellchecker during her first programming exam, an oral assessment, which was her department's practice and unknown to her.
“A woman with dyslexia reported that during her first programming exam, an oral assessment, she was surprised to be asked to code on a whiteboard without any spellcheckerthe praxis at her department, unbeknown to her.”
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In the study data, accessibility breakdowns during exams are among the most common and frequent barriers.
“In our data, accessibility breakdowns during exams are among the most common and frequent barriers.”
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All exam accessibility breakdowns in the data relate to knowledge sharing gaps or glitches, such as examiners not providing accessible files, proctors ignoring access needs, automatic timeouts, and scheduling conflicts.
“In all cases they are related to knowledge sharing gaps or glitches, like examiners not providing the requested accessible files; exam proctors ignoring access needs; automatic timeouts shuing down digital exams long before the granted time extension; double booking of exams or exams scheduled too close and not taking into account the extra time granted to students with disabilities.”
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Periodically grappling with mental health conditions was common among all interviewed students.
“Periodically grappling with mental health conditions was a common denominator for all the students interviewed.”
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A dyslexic student was regularly denied use of a dictionary during exams despite having an accommodation recommended by Disability Services.
“roughout her CS Bachelor, the student explained she was regularly denied the use of any digital (or analog) dictionary during exams, even though she needed the accommodation -which was recommended to her by Disability Services.”
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Disability support services are geared only to students and do not support teachers, TAs or other university staff in implementing accessible practices.
“Disability support services are geared towards students only and do not provide support for teachers, TAs or other university staff in need of support or advice around implementing accessible practices.”
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We identified structural and attitudinal barriers in three main areas: assistive technology access barriers, cognitive and physical access barriers, and social access barriers.
“We identified structural and attitudinal barriers in three main areas: (i) Assistive technology access barriers, (ii) Cognitive and physical access barriers, and (iii) Social access barriers, (see Table 3).”
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Within Disability Support units, neurodivergent students' needs are mostly framed within a medicalized framework that categorizes students by functional impairments or special needs and offers various extra accommodations.
“Within Disability Support units, the neurodivergent students' needs are mostly framed within a medicalized framework in which students are categorized according to areas of”
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Needs linked to cognitive and physical differences, from executive function differences to fatigue or energy fluctuation, were often not properly anticipated.
“Our interviews reveal that needs linked to cognitive and physical differences -from differences in executive function to fatigue or fluctuation in energy -were oen not properly anticipated.”
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Accessibility as a subject is not yet well integrated in the CS curriculum in any of the CS institutions examined.
“from our interviews with teachers and students we found that accessibility as a subject is not yet well integrated in the CS curriculum in any of the CS institutions we examined.”
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All micro-interventions are generated from the students' own unique experiences and expertise with being neurodivergent and facing inaccessibility.
“All micro-interventions are generated from the students' own unique experiences and expertise with being neurodivergent and facing inaccessibility.”
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One student opted out of a coding camp for women because the program extended over three long days, which did not match her chronic illness needs.
“one student reported opting out of the coding camp for women, a free initiative by her university to increase recruitment of diverse students in CS, because the program extended over three long days, which was not a good match with the needs related to her chronic illness.”
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Having multiple diagnoses or more complex access needs renders some of the challenges encountered more complex, as access labor increases accordingly.
“Having multiple diagnoses, or more complex access needs renders some of the challenges encountered more complex, as access labor increases accordingly.”
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Students wish that bureaucratic systems of disability support offered multiple modalities of interaction.
“Students also wish that bureaucratic systems of disability support offered multiple modalities of interaction.”
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Gender impacts the likelihood of being underdiagnosed or diagnosed later, as many women interviewees with autism and ADHD mentioned regarding their own personal experience.
“Gender impacts the likelihood of being underdiagnosed or diagnosed later, as many of our women interviewees with autism and ADHD mentioned regarding their own personal experience.”
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All interviewees stated that recorded video lectures were among the most useful tools to support their learning.
“All of our interviewees stated that recorded video lectures were among the most useful tools to support their learning.”
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Many interviewees reported being actively involved in breaking down access barriers, pushing for organizational change in more or less direct ways.
“Many of our interviewees reported being actively involved in breaking down some of the access barriers, pushing for organizational change in more or less direct ways.”
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Due to a lack of CS domain-specific accessibility knowledge, troubleshooting and finding accessible alternatives were left to students.
“Due to lack of CS domain-specific accessibility knowledge, troubleshooting and finding accessible alternatives were le to the students.”
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Teachers interviewed reported they would appreciate having a place to turn in to get support in better addressing or anticipating students' needs.
“e teachers interviewed reported they would appreciate having a”
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Pathways to accommodations often required excessive access labor on the students' behalf.
“we found that pathways to accommodations very oen required excessive access labor on the students' behalf.”
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In one institution, the webpage on Accessibility exclusively refers to mobility and wheelchair access to physical spaces, with no mention of other disabilities.
“In one of the institutions, the webpage on”
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Barriers exist in extracurricular and outreach activities.
“We also found barriers in extracurricular and outreach activities.”
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The vulnerable and intimate process of verbalizing emotionally distressing or sensitive information to untrained peers created barriers for students, who opted out of this system of support.
“e vulnerable and intimate process of verbalizing emotionally distressing or sensitive information to untrained peers created barriers for students, who opted out of this system of support.”
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In all institutions examined, accessibility is still largely understood as an individualized rather than collaborative concern.
“But in all the institutions we examined accessibility is still largely understood as an individualized rather than collaborative concern.”
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In the absence of clear guidelines for accessibility, the availability and choice of tools for a more inclusive learning experience are up to the individual teacher.
“In absence of clear guidelines for accessibility, the availability and choice of tools for a more inclusive learning experience are up to the individual teacher.”
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An autistic student described shock and disappointment when he learned that his mentor was fired after initiating an interaction with the student's mom, even though this gesture was in the student's best interest due to his temporary inability to interact during a period of depression and fatigue.
“An autistic student described his shock and disappointment when he learned that his mentor was fired aer initiating an interaction with the student's mom (breaching the company's protocol) even though this gesture was in the student's best interest, due to his temporary inability to interact during a period of depression and fatigue.”
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Our findings illustrate that neurodivergent students in CS encounter a range of barriers to access in their educational environment and within the disability support system.
“Our findings illustrate that neurodivergent students in CS encounter a range of barriers to access in their educational environment and within the disability support system.”
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Parental or caregiving status can add challenges due to extra effort and time devoted to caring for someone else, therefore less time and energy to devote to access labor, as one research participant with small children reported.
“Parental or caregiving status can similarly add challenges due to extra effort and time devoted to caring for someone elsetherefore less time and energy to devote to access labor, as one of our research participants, a student with small children, reported.”
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Students' neurocognitive functioning and physical needs are often hard to balance with the tight and rigid pacing of CS classes, the general lack of multimodal engagement, and the intense workload, even when accommodations are granted.
“e students' different neurocognitive functioning and their physical needs are oen hard to balance with the current tight and rigid pacing of CS classes, the general lack of multimodal forms of engagement, and the intense workload -even when accommodations are granted.”
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Space requirements for assistive technology were not considered or anticipated by some of the institutions studied.
“Our data also show how space requirements for assistive tech were not considered and anticipated by some of the institutions.”
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Sociotechnical systems are typically not designed so that multiple access partners can interact with services.
“But sociotechnical systems are typically not designed so that multiple access partners can interact with services.”
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Screen readers provided by Danish disability services are not configured to read math formulas.
“Screen readers provided by the Danish disability services are not configured to read math formulas.”
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An immigrant student in the study reported several months of delay in the allocation of her accommodations.
“An immigrant student who partook in our study has reported several months of delay in the allocation of her accommodations.”
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Unlike their male counterparts, the autistic women in the study reported encountering more incredulous reactions by peers upon disclosure of their diagnosis, being told they don't look autistic.
“Unlike their male counterparts, the autistic women in our study also reported encountering more incredulous reactions by peers upon disclosure of their diagnosis, being told they don't”
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Our study documents how students, and sometimes staff, facilitated change by collaboratively creating local micro-interventions to improve access.
“Our study documents how students -and sometimes staff -facilitated change by collaboratively creating local micro-interventions to improve access.”
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Many students stressed that social stigma and lack of literacy around neurodiversity and mental health are significant barriers to social belonging and to mobilizing support.
“Many students stressed that social stigma and lack of literacy around neurodiversity and mental health are significant barriers to social belonging and to mobilizing support (see examples in Table 3).”
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Disability officers are concerned about sharing data on disability with departments due to data privacy concerns.
“In addition, disability officers are concerned about sharing data on disability with the departments due to data privacy concerns.”
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Neurodivergent students actively create everyday micro-interventions that generate and improve collective access.
“We documented how neurodivergent students actively create everyday micro-interventions that generate and improve collective access”
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Access barriers for neurodivergent students are intensified by intersecting social dimensions, including gender, nationality or immigrant status, co-occurring mental health conditions, and multiple diagnoses.
“We highlighted how barriers to access are intensified by intersecting social dimensions such as gender, nationality/immigrant status, co-occurrence with mental health conditions and multiple diagnoses.”
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These micro-interventions counteract stereotypes.
“counteracting stereotypes”
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Pre-existing care networks and the invisible labor of other access partners, such as family members, are not currently considered in the design of socio-technical support systems.
“Additionally, we found that relevant social dimensions like pre-existing care networks and the invisible labor of other access partners (like family members) are currently not taken into consideration in the design of socio-technical systems of support.”
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According to DPOP, Denmark still has no national comprehensive plan to make its CRPD commitments concrete.
“But according to a recent report from the Disabled People's Organizations Denmark (DPOP), there is still no national comprehensive plan to make these commitments more concrete [23].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [23] 23. Maitraye Das, John Tang, Kathryn E. Ringland, and Anne Marie Piper. 2021. Towards Accessible Remote Work: Understanding Work-from-Home Practices of Neurodivergent Professionals. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5, CSCW1: 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1145/3449282 source
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Barriers are organizational and structural as well as attitudinal.
“is research shows that barriers are organizational and structural as well as aitudinal.”
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Needs around communication and social interaction also present differences.
“-Needs around communication and social interaction also present differences [26], [58].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 2 sources checked- cites [26] 26. Doug Kim, Margaret Price, Christina Mallon, Nathan Kile, Anna Cook, Keira Xu, Anna Tendera, Andres Pacheco, and Tenille Lively, Catherine Ekonomou, Dona Sarka. 2023. Microsoft Inclusive Design for Cognition Guidebook. Retrieved from https://inclusive.microsoft.design/tools-and- activities/InclusiveDesignForCognitionGuidebook.pdf
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- cites [58] 58. Matthew B. Miles and A. M. Huberman. 1994. Qualitative data analysis: an expanded sourcebook. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks.
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Students with disabilities have long had an active role reshaping their educational environments, as with Cowell students creating the Center for Independent Living in 1972.
“Students with disabilities have long had an active role reshaping their educational environments -Berkeley's based Cowell students famously subverted hierarchies of professional expertise creating the Center for Independent Living in 1972, puing disabled people in the role of service providers [35].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial 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
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Accommodations are not enough when organizational practices routinely fail to anticipate and support students' multilayered needs.
“But accommodations are not enough when organizational practices routinely do not anticipate and support the multilayered needs of students.”
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The current design of socio-technical systems of support can result in the disruption of pre-existing care networks, particularly when the crucial invisible labor of access partners is not anticipated.
“In addition, we found that the current design of socio-technical systems of support can result in the disruption of pre-existing care networks, particularly when the crucial invisible labor of access partners is not anticipated.”
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Socio-economic status is a variable that influences equal access.
“Socio-economic status is also a variable that influences equal access.”
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Misunderstandings, knowledge gaps, unidirectional data flows, and lack of literacy about disability and neurodiversity contribute to creating multiple barriers, both attitudinal and structural.
“Misunderstandings, knowledge gaps, unidirectional data flows and lack of literacy about disability and neurodiversity contribute to creating multiple barriers, both attitudinal and structural.”
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The gender barrier is significant because the lack of a diagnosis or its delay prevents access to accommodations.
“e gender barrier is significant, since the lack of a diagnosis or its delay prevents access to accommodations.”
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Unequal power relations translate into differential levels of influence in shaping organizational change.
“Unequal power relations translate into differential levels of influence in shaping organizational change.”
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Barriers are (re)produced within a fragmented ecosystem that lacks intra- and infra-organizational knowledge creation, organization, and sharing about accessibility and neurodiversity.
“Barriers are (re)produced within a fragmented ecosystem that lacks intra-and infra-organizational knowledge creation, organization and sharing about accessibility and neurodiversity.”
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Students acted as institutional plumbers, getting accessibility knowledge and practices into their institutions.
“Students acted as institutional plumbers [2] getting accessibility knowledge and practices into their institutions.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [2] 2. Sara Ahmed. 2012. On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life. Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1131d2g source
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By adopting an intersectional approach to neurodiversity, we extend current research on neurodiversity in academic settings by emphasizing how factors like gender, immigrant status, mental health, and more are influential in shaping the experience of students, intensifying access barriers.
“By adopting an intersectional approach to neurodiversity, we extend the current research on neurodiversity in academic settings by emphasizing how factors like gender, immigrant status, mental health -and more -are influential in shaping the experience of students, intensifying access barriers.”
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Those access barriers are caused by gaps in how knowledge is created, organized, shared, and used within and across organizations.
“which are caused by gaps in intra-and infraorganizational knowledge creation, organization, sharing, and use.”
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PremisecitationPeople 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].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 2 sources checked- cites [51] 51. Nathan V. Mallipeddi and Rachel A. VanDaalen. 2022. Intersectionality Within Critical Autism Studies: A Narrative Review. Autism in Adulthood 4, 4: 281-289. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2021.0014 source
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)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [54] 54. Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher. 2002. Unlocking the clubhouse: women in computing. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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PremisecitationSensory 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].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim2 of 3 sources checked- 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 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)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [38] 38. Maxine Harris and Roger D. Fallot. 2001. Envisioning a trauma-informed service system: A vital paradigm shift. New Directions for Mental Health Services 2001, 89: 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.23320018903 source
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)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [89] 89. Emily Q. Wang and Anne Marie Piper. 2022. The Invisible Labor of Access in Academic Writing Practices: A Case Analysis with Dyslexic Adults. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6, CSCW1: 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3512967 source
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PremisecitationUniversal 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].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 2 sources checked- 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)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [30] 30. Min Fan and Alissa N. Antle. 2015. Tactile Letters: A Tangible Tabletop with Texture Cues Supporting Alphabetic Learning for Dyslexic Children. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 673-678. https://doi.org/10.1145/2677199.2688806 source
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PremisecitationA 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].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- 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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PremisecitationNeurodivergent 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].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 3 sources checked- cites [16] 16. Center for Koncernregnskab, Puljer og SPS. 2023. Hvad er SPS? Retrieved May 1, 2023 from https://www.spsu.dk/for-elever-og-studerende/hvad-er-sps
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- cites [36] 36. Aimi Hamraie. 2017. Building access: universal design and the politics of disability. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis. source
- cites [66] 66. José E Rodríguez, Kendall M Campbell, and Linda H Pololi. 2015. Addressing disparities in academic medicine: what of the minority tax? BMC Medical Education 15, 1: 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909- 015-0290-9 source
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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PremisecitationStudents 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].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [78] 78. Lucy Suchman. 1995. Making Work Visible. Commun. ACM 38, 9: 56-ff. https://doi.org/10.1145/223248.223263 source
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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InterpretationcitationThese 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”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim2 of 3 sources checked- 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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Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - 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
- 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
Split into 2 atoms — 0 confirmed, 0 partially supported, 0 disputed, 0 misattributed, 2 unverifiable. Expand the claim to see per-atom verdicts.
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InterpretationcitationThe 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.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [56] 56. Emma J. McDonnell, Ping Liu, Steven M. Goodman, Raja Kushalnagar, Jon E. Froehlich, and Leah Findlater. 2021. Social, Environmental, and Technical: Factors at Play in the Current Use and Future Design of Small-Group Captioning. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5, CSCW2: 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3479578 source
The citation is attached specifically to “access intimacy.” The paper’s References list Mingus’s *Access Intimacy, Interdependence and Disability Justice*, but the passages reviewed do not discuss access intimacy as an approach; Section 2.3 discusses related ideas of interdependence and relational access instead. Searching our copy for “access intimacy” found no discussion beyond the reference title. (LLM, conf=0.68)
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PremisecitationAccess 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.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 3 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
- cites [70] 70. Yu Shi, Lindsay R. Hunter Guevara, Hayley J. Dykhoff, Lindsey R. Sangaralingham, Sean Phelan, Michael J. Zaccariello, and David O. Warner. 2021. Racial Disparities in Diagnosis of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a US National Birth Cohort. JAMA Network Open 4, 3: e210321. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0321 source
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)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - 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
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PremisecitationCSCW 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].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim2 of 3 sources checked- cites [9] 9. Alexander Boden, Bernhard Nett, and Volker Wulf. 2008. Articulation work in small-scale offshore software development projects. In Proceedings of the 2008 international workshop on Cooperative and human aspects of software engineering, 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1145/1370114.1370120 source
- cites [68] 68. Ari Schlesinger, W. Keith Edwards, and Rebecca E. Grinter. 2017. Intersectional HCI: Engaging Identity through Gender, Race, and Class. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 5412-5427. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025766 source
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)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [32] 32. Rebecca E. Grinter, James D. Herbsleb, and Dewayne E. Perry. 1999. The geography of coordination: dealing with distance in R&D work. In Proceedings of the international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work, 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1145/320297.320333 source
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Findingnone givenDisability 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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FindingreasoningThe 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 dataNeurodivergent 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.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim- Also stated in: § 5 RESULTS · plain
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Findingown dataCS 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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FindingreasoningInformation 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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Findingown dataTeachers 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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Findingown dataInformation 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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Findingown dataThese 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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Findingown dataAll 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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Findingown dataStigma, 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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Findingnone givenAccess 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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FindingreasoningMicro-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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Findingown dataThe 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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Findingown dataThe 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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Findingnone givenThe 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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Findingown dataBy 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”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claimMay combine two claims. The quote only partly states this claim.
FindingcitationWomen 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 (”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [40] 40. Sarah Homewood, Marika Hedemyr, Maja Fagerberg Ranten, and Susan Kozel. 2021. Tracing Conceptions of the Body in HCI: From User to More-Than-Human. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445656 source
May combine two claims. The quote only partly states this claim.
Findingown dataAccessibility 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”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claimMay combine two claims.
FindingcitationImmigrant 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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Findingown dataEven 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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Findingown dataBarriers 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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Findingnone givenThe 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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Findingown dataThe 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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Findingown dataStudents 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 dataThe 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.”
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FindingcitationSince 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
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Findingnone givenMany 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.”
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Findingown dataStudents 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.”
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Findingown dataSome 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 claimMay combine two claims.
Findingown dataVideo 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.”
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Findingown dataAwareness 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.”
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Findingown dataDue 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.”
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Findingown dataMentors 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”
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Findingown dataIn 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.”
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Findingown dataSeveral 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.”
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Findingown dataRemote 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.”
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FindingreasoningWhen 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.”
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FindingreasoningOnly 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.”
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FindingreasoningThese micro-interventions involve caring for each other.
“caring for each other”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claimProbably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable).
Findingown dataThese micro-interventions carve new pathways of knowing-making across multiple stakeholders.
“carving new pathways of knowing-making across multiple stakeholders”
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FindingcitationDespite 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 dataNeurodivergent 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 claimProbably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing). May combine two claims. The quote only partly states this claim.
Study design and conductcitationThe 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
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Interpretationown dataAssistive 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.”
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PremisecitationAccording 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 givenThe 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”
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PremisecitationCSCW 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.
PremisecitationNeurodivergent 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.
InterpretationreasoningFor 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.”
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PremisecitationDenmark 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).”
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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.
PremisecitationA 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
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Interpretationown dataTeachers 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 claimClassified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.
Interpretationown dataTrauma-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.”
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Interpretationown dataThe 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.”
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Interpretationown dataThe 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 claimProbably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable).
InterpretationreasoningThese 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.”
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PremisecitationUniversal 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
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InterpretationcitationWe 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.
InterpretationreasoningMicro-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 claimClassified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.
Interpretationnone givenAlthough 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 claimMay combine two claims.
PremisecitationAccording 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 givenAccess 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 claimProbably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable). May combine two claims.
InterpretationreasoningAccess 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 claimMay combine two claims.
InterpretationreasoningCSCW 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.
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.”
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
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 measuredInvisible 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 measuredOur 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 measuredMany 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 measuredEmbedding 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
Documented assignment-level pathways and program-level skill alignment exist to support curricular embedding.
“documented assignment-level pathways and program-level skill alignment exist to support it [4, 6, 10, 19, 21, 30, 31, 35].”
From Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education (2025) · cites this paper as [4]
Section 4, “Slipping Accessibility in the curriculum” (page unavailable), reports that some interviewees designed projects or theses around neurodiversity and cognitive accessibility. That provides examples of work on the topic within coursework, but the paper does not document assignment-level pathways or program-level skill alignment. Section 5.1.1 also says accessibility was not yet well integrated into the CS curricula examined. (LLM, conf=0.78)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredTrue participatory co-creation is still rarely realized in practice; many institutional initiatives remain reactive or evaluative rather than proactively co-creative.
“However, as Baillargeon et al. [1] and Borsotti et al. [4] note, true participatory co-creation—consistent with the disability-rights principle 'Nothing about us without us' [5], is still rarely realized in practice; many institutional initiatives remain reactive or evaluative rather than proactively co-creative [3, 27, 40].”
From Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education (2025) · cites this paper as [4]
Section 6 reports that only a few student-led access initiatives produced lasting organizational change; those that succeeded had institutional backing and were co-created with university staff. Section 6.2 says Danish computer-science students were largely treated as passive recipients of bureaucratic support. These findings support the concern about limited co-creation in the institutions studied, but not the unqualified claim that it is rarely realized in practice across institutions generally; the separate reactive-or-evaluative clause is cited to other sources. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredEmbedding participatory formats with explicit preparation for language and communication, scheduled reflection, protected feedback, and resourcing for facilitation reduces ad hoc access labor and enables sustained peer involvement and community building.
“Embedding participatory formats, with explicit preparation for language and communication, scheduled reflection, protected feedback, and resourcing for facilitation, reduces ad hoc 'access labor' and enables sustained peer involvement and community building (e.g., spaces to 'unmask') [4, 15].”
From Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education (2025) · cites this paper as [4]
Section 6.2 describes student-led micro-interventions that improve collective access and mutual support, while section 6 reports that interventions with institutional backing produced sustainable change. Section 6.3 also recognizes access labor and calls for collaboration among access partners. The paper does not establish that the specific participatory format described—language preparation, scheduled reflection, protected feedback, and facilitation resources—reduces ad hoc access labor or creates spaces to unmask. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredAs a result of barriers in digital systems, many neurodivergent students create their own coping strategies, contributing yet more to their invisible work.
“As a result of the barriers present in these systems, many neurodivergent students create their own coping strategies, thus contributing yet more to their invisible work [15, 75, 78].”
From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]
Once they reach higher education, neurodivergent students are marginalised by the learning experiences themselves and are expected to perform additional invisible meta-work beyond that expected of typical students.
“However, once they reach higher education, neurodivergent students are marginalised by the learning experiences themselves 2 , and are also expected to perform additional invisible 'meta'-work (or 'access labour' [15, 75, 78], see Footnote 1), beyond that expected of typical students.”
From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]
The gap investigated by this work lies at the intersection of HCI work that actively involves neurodivergent subjects and literature investigating neurodivergent individuals in higher education and broad accessibility of universities and their systems.
“The gap investigated by this work lies at the intersection of the mentioned HCI work which actively involves its neurodivergent subjects [21, 29, 39, 64, 64, 93], and the body of literature which investigates the experience of these neurodivergent individuals in higher education [4, 14, 15, 51, 57, 70], as well as work investigatigating the broad accessibility of universities and their systems [3,”
From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]
Neurodivergent students must undertake organizational obstacles and invisible access work to secure equitable access to higher education.
“Recent work by Borsotti et al. (2024) [15] has highlighted organizational obstacles and invisible access work that neurodivergent students must undertake to secure equitable access to higher education.”
From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]
Unlike their non-disabled peers, neurodivergent students must navigate accessibility systems that are often poorly designed, inconsistently implemented and inadequately communicated.
“Additionally, unlike their non-disabled peers, neurodivergent students must navigate accessibility systems that are often poorly designed, inconsitently implement and inadequately communicated [15].”
From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]
When accommodations fail, students face a difficult choice: either take on additional invisible labour by advocating for their accommodations to be properly implemented or forgo the support they need and struggle with unfair academic disadvantage.
“When accommodations fail-whether due to bureaucratic inefficiencies, technological flaws or institutional oversight- students face a difficult choice: either take on the additional (invisible) labour [15, 75, 78] by advocating for their accommodations to be properly implemented or forgo the support they need and struggle with unfair academic disadvantage.”
From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]
Coping strategies, dealing with disabling experiences, stigma, and extra systems contribute to the invisible work this study addresses.
“These coping strategies, along with dealing with the disabling experiences of being neurodivergent students, the stigma they encounter, and the extra systems they navigate (e.g., disability services) all contribute to the invisible work this study addresses. [15].”
From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]
Previous research on access labour has shown that neurodivergent students must engage in additional administrative and emotional work to secure equitable access.
“Previous research on access labour [15] has shown that neurodivergent students must engage in additional administrative and emotional work to secure equitable access.”
From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]
This study fills a critical gap in HCI, work, and education research.
“This study fills a critical gap in HCI, work, and education research”
From Burnout by Design: How Digital Systems Overburden Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (2025) · cites this paper as [15]
Neurodivergent students encounter numerous structural and social barriers in academic life, including inflexible teaching and assessment and insufficient digital supports.
“Neurodivergent students encounter numerous structural and social barriers in academic life, including inflexible teaching and assessment and insufficient digital supports [4, 6, 36].”
From Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education (2025) · cites this paper as [4]
Program-level alignment and institutional supports are needed to make participation less contingent and more sustainable.
“Program-level alignment and institutional supports are likewise needed to make participation less contingent and more sustainable, echoing fieldlevel agendas for neurodiversity in academia [1, 4, 16, 37].”
From Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education (2025) · cites this paper as [4]
Curriculum embedding is a necessary but not sufficient condition, to be complemented by policy, resourcing, and platform-level constraints.
“Our results primarily speak to the first step of this pathway, learner knowledge and collaborative practice, rather than downstream institutional or platform change; accordingly, we frame curriculum embedding as a necessary but not sufficient condition, to be complemented by policy, resourcing, and platform-level constraints [4, 10, 16, 19, 21, 30, 37].”
From Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education (2025) · cites this paper as [4]
The results primarily speak to learner knowledge and collaborative practice, not downstream institutional or platform change.
“Our results primarily speak to the first step of this pathway, learner knowledge and collaborative practice, rather than downstream institutional or platform change; accordingly, we frame curriculum embedding as a necessary but not sufficient condition, to be complemented by policy, resourcing, and platform-level constraints [4, 10, 16, 19, 21, 30, 37].”
From Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education (2025) · cites this paper as [4]
Empowering technologies in higher education encourage the campus community to share accessible definitions and practices and involve allies in supporting disabled students.
“Empowering technologies in higher education encourages the campus community to share accessible definitions and practices [99] and involve allies (e.g., family, friends) in supporting disabled students [14].”
From Rethinking “Empowering Technology” in Higher Education Accessibility: A Case Study of Disabled Students’ Experiences at a German University (2026) · cites this paper as [14]
Existing research highlights the importance of organizational readiness to support assistive technology.
“Existing research highlights the importance of organizational readiness to support AT [14].”
From Rethinking “Empowering Technology” in Higher Education Accessibility: A Case Study of Disabled Students’ Experiences at a German University (2026) · cites this paper as [14]
Research in higher education highlights the importance of accessible institutions and the shared responsibility of stakeholders for access.
“Research in higher education highlights the importance of accessible institutions and the shared responsibility of stakeholders for access [14, 23, 99].”
From Rethinking “Empowering Technology” in Higher Education Accessibility: A Case Study of Disabled Students’ Experiences at a German University (2026) · cites this paper as [14]
Offering a low-stakes oral alternative enabled the peer expert to participate and contribute.
“Offering a low-stakes oral alternative is a UDL-consistent accommodation that enabled the peer expert to participate and contribute, rather than merely to 'unmask' [4, 20, 26].”
From Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education (2025) · cites this paper as [4]
Section 6.2 recommends Universal Design for Learning and describes student-led efforts to improve access, but it does not describe a low-stakes oral alternative offered to a peer expert. Searches for that phrase, oral participation, and unmasking found no passage establishing the claimed event. (LLM, conf=0.74)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
Self-check
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
MinorThe 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.
“All micro-interventions are generated from the students' own unique experiences and expertise with being neurodivergent and facing inaccessibility.”
“-A CS teacher, a disability officer and the first author of this paper created a new opportunity for collaboration between disability services and the first-year CS teachers' group -organizing a lecture led by a disability officer on the access needs of neurodivergent students in computer science.”
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Do We Need a “Neuro-Neutral State”?
Mannino, A., & Sankaran, N. (2024) · AJOB Neuroscience · doi:10.1080/21507740.2024.2404604
Meiners, A.-L., Yildiz, Z., Gerling, K., Alexandrovsky, D., & Biernacka, K. (2026) · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing · doi:10.1145/3814957
- 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
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