Perspectives of Neurodiverse Participants in Interactive Information Retrieval

L Sitbon, G Berget, M Brereton - Foundations and Trends® in …, 2023 - nowpublishers.com
This monograph offers a survey of work to date to inform how interactions in information
retrieval systems could afford inclusion of users who are neurodiverse. This existing work is …

Barriers to online dementia information and mitigation

E Dixon, J Anderson, D Blackwelder… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
There is growing interest in HCI to study ways to support access to accurate, accessible,
relevant online health information for different populations. Yet, there remains a need to …

“I cannot find the words, it's broken”: The impact of aphasia on information searching

B Kvikne, G Berget - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Information searching requires many cognitive abilities, such as word mobilization to
express information needs, spelling skills to input queries and reading proficiency to …

Web search to access health information by adults with intellectual disability

T Kuruppu Arachchi, L Sitbon, J Zhang… - Online Information …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study explored the current and desired use of web-search, particularly for
health information, by adults with intellectual disability. Design/methodology/approach The …

“The seven principles of universal design of research”: how to increase user diversity in mainstream research

G Berget, B Kvikne - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose User diversity has been discussed in many fields of study for decades.
Nevertheless, some cohorts are rarely included in mainstream research. According to the …

Communicating Diversity:(Cognitive) Ableism in Information-Seeking Research

RL Cowell - Autism in Adulthood, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The applied science of Library and Information Science (LIS) has long emphasized
understanding user behaviors in information-seeking processes, particularly in higher …

Summary and Prejudice: Online Reading Preferences of Users with Intellectual Disability

SS Balasuriya, L Sitbon, J Zhang, K Anuar - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
People with intellectual disability (ID) deserve appropriate access to information online. A
vast amount of information on the Internet is written text in the form of articles, and it is often …

Reorienting information searching research by applying a situated abilities perspective

G Berget - Information Research an international electronic …, 2024 - informationr.net
Introduction. In studies of information searching, people are often characterised with
perpetual physical, sensory and cognitive abilities. Situational factors that may affect human …

Reflection on future directions: a systematic review of reported limitations and solutions in interactive information retrieval user studies

T Jiang, J Liu - Aslib Journal of Information Management, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how users behave and evaluate how
systems with users are essential for interactive information retrieval (IIR) research. User …

A tool for assessing sexual knowledge of people with Intellectual disabilities in Norway

GB Svae, P Zachariassen, W Fjeld… - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Previous research has shown that people with intellectual disabilities have
limited sexual knowledge, which can be essential for developing positive sexuality. This …