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Co-Designing Environment-Based Strategies with Neurodivergent Individuals for Sensory-Inclusive Dental Visit Experiences

Dental clinics can be challenging sensory environments, creating discomfort and stress, especially for neurodivergent individuals with Sensory Processing Disorder. Interactive environmental systems offer potential to transform these spaces, providing adaptable, sensory-inclusive experiences. However, the design space…

Serena Ge Guo et al.University of Wisconsin - Madison

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…

Xinru Tang et al.University of California Irvine

Towards Hormone Health: An Autoethnography of Long-Term Holistic Tracking to Manage PCOS

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal disorder affecting 11-13% of women of reproductive age, characterized by a wide range of symptoms (e.g., menstrual irregularity, acne, and obesity) that varies among individuals. While self-tracking tools help PCOS patients to monitor their symptoms and find person…

Daye Kang et al.Cornell University

Meditating in Live Stream: An Autoethnographic and Interview Study to Investigate Motivations, Interactions and Challenges

Mindfulness practice has many mental and physical well-being benefits. With the increased popularity of live stream technologies and the impact of COVID-19, many people have turned to live stream tools to participate in online meditation sessions. To better understand the practices, challenges, and opportunities in li…

Jingjin Li et al.AImpower.org

Session 3f: Enhancing Virtual Presence and Interaction

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"I Want to Publicize My Stutter'': Community-led Collection and Curation of Chinese Stuttered Speech Data

This paper documents the process undertaken by StammerTalk, a grassroots community of Chinese-speaking people who stutter, to autonomously collect and curate stuttered speech data for more inclusive speech AI models. While people with disabilities are often excluded or treated merely as the subjects of AI data collect…

Qisheng Li et al.AImpower.org

Session 1e: Empowering Data Work

Beyond Meditation: Understanding Everyday Mindfulness Practices and Technology Use Among Experienced Practitioners

Mindfulness, a practice of bringing attention to the present non-judgmentally, has many mental and physical well-being benefits, especially when practiced consistently. Many technologies have been invented to support solo or group mindfulness practice such as mobile apps, live streams, virtual reality environments, an…

Jingjin Li et al.AImpower.org

Session 3b: Work, Non-Work, and Social Technologies

Re-envisioning Remote Meetings: Co-designing Inclusive and Empowering Videoconferencing with People Who Stutter

Videoconferencing (VC) has become a prominent and normalized mode of professional and personal communication, introducing universally experienced challenges such as reduced non-verbal cues and "Zoom Fatigue." But People who stutter (PWS) encounter these obstacles with extra hurdles as existing VC technologies often re…

Jingjin Li et al.AImpower.org

Finding My Voice over Zoom: An Autoethnography of Videoconferencing Experience for a Person Who Stutters

Existing videoconferencing (VC) technologies are often optimized for productivity and efficiency, with little support for the "soft side" of VC meetings such as empathy, authenticity, belonging, and emotional connections. This paper presents findings from a 15-month long autoethnographic study of VC experiences by the…

Shaomei Wu et al.AImpower.org

Co-designing Magic Machines for Everyday Mindfulness with Practitioners

Many digital technologies have been invented to support mindfulness, the practice of bringing attention to the present moment without judgment. While most technologies focus on mindfulness meditation training for novices, in this paper, we explore designing technology to support everyday mindfulness activities for peo…

Jingjin Li et al.AImpower.org

"The World is Designed for Fluent People": Benefits and Challenges of Videoconferencing Technologies for People Who Stutter

This work studies the experiences of people who stutter (PWS) with videoconferencing (VC) and VC technologies. Our interview study with 13 adults who stutter uncovers extra challenges introduced by current VC platforms to people who stutter. While some of the challenges are a direct result of the characteristics of st…

Shaomei Wu AImpower.org

Again, Together: Socially Reliving Virtual Reality Experiences When Separated

To share a virtual reality (VR) experience remotely together, users usually record videos from an individual's point of view and then co-watch these videos. However, co-watching recorded videos limits users to reliving their memories from the perspective from which the video was captured. In this paper, we describe Re…

Cheng Yao Wang et al.J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Design and Evaluation of a Social Media Writing Support Tool for People with Dyslexia

People with dyslexia face challenges expressing themselves in writing on social networking sites (SNSs). Such challenges come from not only the technicality of writing, but also the self-representation aspect of sharing and communicating publicly on social networking sites such as Facebook. To empower people with dysl…

Shaomei Wu et al.AImpower.org

A Face Recognition Application for People with Visual Impairments: Understanding Use Beyond the Lab

Recognizing others is a major challenge for people with visual impairments (VIPs) and can hinder engagement in social activities. We present Accessibility Bot, a research prototype bot on Facebook Messenger, that leverages state-of-the-art computer vision and a user’s friends’ tagged photos on Facebook to help people…

Yuhang Zhao et al.Cornell University

The Effect of Computer-Generated Descriptions on Photo-Sharing Experiences of People with Visual Impairments

Like sighted people, visually impaired people want to share photographs on social networking services, but find it difficult to identify and select photos from their albums. We aimed to address this problem by incorporating state-of-the-art computer-generated descriptions into Facebook’s photo-sharing feature. We inte…

Yuhang Zhao et al.Cornell University

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Paper Title	Authors	Research Topics
emoji_events Co-Designing Environment-Based Strategies with Neurodivergent Individuals for Sensory-Inclusive Dental Visit Experiences Dental clinics can be challenging sensory environments, creating discomfort and stress, especially for neurodivergent individuals with Sensory Processing Disorder. Interactive environmental systems offer potential to transform these spaces, providing adaptable, sensory-inclusive experiences. However, the design space…	SG Serena Ge Guo et al.University of Wisconsin - Madison
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…	XT Xinru Tang et al.University of California Irvine
emoji_events Towards Hormone Health: An Autoethnography of Long-Term Holistic Tracking to Manage PCOS Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal disorder affecting 11-13% of women of reproductive age, characterized by a wide range of symptoms (e.g., menstrual irregularity, acne, and obesity) that varies among individuals. While self-tracking tools help PCOS patients to monitor their symptoms and find person…	DK Daye Kang et al.Cornell University
Meditating in Live Stream: An Autoethnographic and Interview Study to Investigate Motivations, Interactions and Challenges Mindfulness practice has many mental and physical well-being benefits. With the increased popularity of live stream technologies and the impact of COVID-19, many people have turned to live stream tools to participate in online meditation sessions. To better understand the practices, challenges, and opportunities in li…	JL Jingjin Li et al.AImpower.org	Session 3f: Enhancing Virtual Presence and Interaction
AdRecommended Learn AI Coding at CodeNow Structured lessons, hands-on projects, and continuous updates for people bringing AI into real development work. Explore Now
"I Want to Publicize My Stutter'': Community-led Collection and Curation of Chinese Stuttered Speech Data This paper documents the process undertaken by StammerTalk, a grassroots community of Chinese-speaking people who stutter, to autonomously collect and curate stuttered speech data for more inclusive speech AI models. While people with disabilities are often excluded or treated merely as the subjects of AI data collect…	QL Qisheng Li et al.AImpower.org	Session 1e: Empowering Data Work
Beyond Meditation: Understanding Everyday Mindfulness Practices and Technology Use Among Experienced Practitioners Mindfulness, a practice of bringing attention to the present non-judgmentally, has many mental and physical well-being benefits, especially when practiced consistently. Many technologies have been invented to support solo or group mindfulness practice such as mobile apps, live streams, virtual reality environments, an…	JL Jingjin Li et al.AImpower.org	Session 3b: Work, Non-Work, and Social Technologies
emoji_events Re-envisioning Remote Meetings: Co-designing Inclusive and Empowering Videoconferencing with People Who Stutter Videoconferencing (VC) has become a prominent and normalized mode of professional and personal communication, introducing universally experienced challenges such as reduced non-verbal cues and "Zoom Fatigue." But People who stutter (PWS) encounter these obstacles with extra hurdles as existing VC technologies often re…	JL Jingjin Li et al.AImpower.org
Finding My Voice over Zoom: An Autoethnography of Videoconferencing Experience for a Person Who Stutters Existing videoconferencing (VC) technologies are often optimized for productivity and efficiency, with little support for the "soft side" of VC meetings such as empathy, authenticity, belonging, and emotional connections. This paper presents findings from a 15-month long autoethnographic study of VC experiences by the…	SW Shaomei Wu et al.AImpower.org
Co-designing Magic Machines for Everyday Mindfulness with Practitioners Many digital technologies have been invented to support mindfulness, the practice of bringing attention to the present moment without judgment. While most technologies focus on mindfulness meditation training for novices, in this paper, we explore designing technology to support everyday mindfulness activities for peo…	JL Jingjin Li et al.AImpower.org
"The World is Designed for Fluent People": Benefits and Challenges of Videoconferencing Technologies for People Who Stutter This work studies the experiences of people who stutter (PWS) with videoconferencing (VC) and VC technologies. Our interview study with 13 adults who stutter uncovers extra challenges introduced by current VC platforms to people who stutter. While some of the challenges are a direct result of the characteristics of st…	SW Shaomei Wu AImpower.org
Again, Together: Socially Reliving Virtual Reality Experiences When Separated To share a virtual reality (VR) experience remotely together, users usually record videos from an individual's point of view and then co-watch these videos. However, co-watching recorded videos limits users to reliving their memories from the perspective from which the video was captured. In this paper, we describe Re…	CW Cheng Yao Wang et al.J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Design and Evaluation of a Social Media Writing Support Tool for People with Dyslexia People with dyslexia face challenges expressing themselves in writing on social networking sites (SNSs). Such challenges come from not only the technicality of writing, but also the self-representation aspect of sharing and communicating publicly on social networking sites such as Facebook. To empower people with dysl…	SW Shaomei Wu et al.AImpower.org
A Face Recognition Application for People with Visual Impairments: Understanding Use Beyond the Lab Recognizing others is a major challenge for people with visual impairments (VIPs) and can hinder engagement in social activities. We present Accessibility Bot, a research prototype bot on Facebook Messenger, that leverages state-of-the-art computer vision and a user’s friends’ tagged photos on Facebook to help people…	YZ Yuhang Zhao et al.Cornell University
The Effect of Computer-Generated Descriptions on Photo-Sharing Experiences of People with Visual Impairments Like sighted people, visually impaired people want to share photographs on social networking services, but find it difficult to identify and select photos from their albums. We aimed to address this problem by incorporating state-of-the-art computer-generated descriptions into Facebook’s photo-sharing feature. We inte…	YZ Yuhang Zhao et al.Cornell University	Sharing and Collaboration