Investigating Accessibility in the Writing Process with Dyslexic Professionals
(Current Project) I am conducting qualitative research and software development projects to explore accessibility in the writing process and design adaptive writing tools with dyslexic professionals. Although my prior work and other studies of ability-diverse collaboration lay the conceptual foundation for accessibility in workplaces as a socially co-created phenomenon, less is understood about how disabilities that shape users’ experiences with processing language will impact the writing process. Given that writing is often collaborative (e.g., sending a file with track changes and comments, editing a shared Google Doc), I am also curious about how dyslexic writers and their co-authors incorporate both assistive technology and mainstream productivity tools into their work practices.