Much Ado about Accessibility: An Exploration of Online Content Accessibility from an Autism-Informed Perspective (opens in new tab)

Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neuro-developmental condition that may affect the way a person learns, behaves, and interacts with their environment. Autistic individuals are known to often rely on mainstream information access systems, such as search engines, as their initial point for information discovery. Despite their active online information-seeking practices, autistic individuals struggle to extract information from the resources they encounter, leading to frustration. This raises the q...