University of California Irvine

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CHI '26Behavior Change & Reflection Technology +2

Everyday Disruptions to Goals: Implications for Wellbeing Technology

Health technologies tools provide support for behavioral goals but largely assume that people live a stable life routine and continuously engage with their goal. Despite barriers to behavior being discussed in literature, they are largely not at the center of design, and researchers lack a systematic understanding of…

CHI '26Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +2

Sharing Women’s Health Experiences Influenced by Genetic Factors: Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities

Genetics play a significant role in women’s health, with family members often experiencing shared symptoms or hereditary risks. HCI has explored how digital tools like medical records, tracking apps, and online communities can support documenting and sharing of health information and management of health conditions. H…

CHI '26Visual Impairment Technologies (Screen Readers, Tactile Graphics, Braille) +2

Access in the Shadow of Ableism: A Collaborative Autoethnography on Higher Education Experiences of a Blind Student in China

The HCI research community has witnessed a growing body of research on accessibility and disability driven by efforts to improve access. Yet, the concept of access reveals its limitations when examined within broader ableist structures. Drawing on an autoethnographic method, this study shares the co-first author Zhang…

CHI '26AI Ethics, Fairness & Accountability +3

Rhetoric vs Responsibility: How Tech Companies Shape AI for Accessibility

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often framed as a transformative approach for improving accessibility, with major technology companies investing considerable resources into AI applications targeting disabled users. This investment in AI for accessibility has many benefits but remains relatively unquestioned. Through a…

CHI '26Emotion-Sensing Wearables +2

Collaboration and Assistive Technology: Facilitating Joint Awareness for Noise Sensitivity

Existing research has explored various methods to support people with noise sensitivity (PWNS), from desensitization therapies to technological solutions. However, there is a gap in systems that identify and monitor characteristics of noise sensitivity experiences to help PWNS and their companions better understand th…

CHI '26Explainable AI (XAI) +3

Disability-First AI Dataset Annotation: Co-designing Stuttered Speech Annotation Guidelines with People Who Stutter

Despite efforts to increase the representation of disabled people in AI datasets, accessibility datasets are often annotated by crowdworkers without disability-specific expertise, leading to inconsistent or inaccurate labels. This paper examines these annotation challenges through a case study of annotating speech dat…

CHI '26Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +2

Curating Digital Coping Ecologies: How Queer Emerging Adults Use Social Media to Support Their Mental Health

Queer emerging adults (EAs) increasingly seek mental health support through digital technologies. While HCI has studied queer users’ experiences online, less is known about how queer EAs use social media everyday to support their mental health. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of queer EAs (ages 18-24,…

CHI '26Research Ethics & Open Science +2

Designing for Resistance: Analyzing Data Work Among Direct Service Providers

Information systems, such as electronic health records (EHRs) and case note software, increasingly support direct service providers (DSPs) in social service administration. Previous scholarship examined how these digital interventions enhance care but also create unintended consequences for DSPs and their clients. Des…

CHI '26Cognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia) +2

“All I was told is that I’m not clean, I’m impure”: Understanding Muslim Women’s Experience of Menstrual Education

While HCI scholarship has investigated how Muslim women navigate their menstruation experiences, there remains a limited understanding of how early menstrual education is sought and shaped by religious upbringing, rulings, and values. Drawing on empirical data from the Asynchronous Remote Communities (ARC) method, we…

CHI '26Honorable MentionDeaf & Hard-of-Hearing Support (Captions, Sign Language, Vibration) +2

Reimagining Sign Language Technologies: Analyzing Translation Work of Chinese Deaf Online Content Creators

While sign language translation systems promise to enhance deaf people's access to information and communication, they have been met with strong skepticism from deaf communities due to risks of misrepresenting and oversimplifying the richness of signed communication in technologies. This article provides empirical evi…

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Accessibility & Inclusive Design

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Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities

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