Accessibility Education

Evaluating the impact of accessibility testing tool usage across the software development lifecycle in student projects

While numerous studies have explored the integration of accessibility into computing courses, including software engineering courses, most focus on awareness-building or …

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Scaling Accessibility Education: Reflections from a Workshop Targeting CS Educators and Software Professionals

Despite growing global attention to digital accessibility, research from India highlights a significant gap in accessibility training for both computing educators and software …

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Skill, Will, or Both? Understanding Digital Inaccessibility from Accessibility Professionals' Viewpoint

This survey of 160 accessibility professionals provides an updated perspective on the state of digital accessibility. The results highlight the need for stronger leadership …

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Received ACM SIGCSE Special Projects Grant

I am glad to share that my project titled *Serious Games for Teaching Accessibility* was recently selected to receive the [ACM SIGCSE Special Projects …

Reflections on Incorporating Digital Accessibility in an Operating Systems Course

We integrated accessibility topics into a graduate-level Operating Systems course, with interventions including awareness, assistive technology knowledge, and implementation. While …

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Teaching Digital Accessibility in Computing Education: Views of Educators in India

We replicated surveys from the US and Switzerland to assess who among CS faculty in India teaches accessibility and the barriers they face. We also included a qualitative analysis …

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Teaching Digital Accessibility to Industry Professionals using the Community of Practice Framework

We implemented a training program to teach digital accessibility using the Communities of Practice (CoP) framework. The study involved 66 participants from a large multinational …

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Exploring the Need of Accessibility Education in the Software Industry

We surveyed 269 software professionals in India to explore who practices digital accessibility, when and how it is integrated into development, the challenges they face, and the …

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Teaching Accessibility in India: A Work in Progress

This poster presents our preliminary work on teaching accessibility in CS courses and plans to integrate these topics in broader CS curriculum in India.

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Swaroop Joshi