“If We Had the Information That We Need to Interpret the World Around Us, We Wouldn’t Be Disabled:” Barriers and Opportunities in Information Work among Blind and Sighted Colleagues

Published in ACM 5th Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK '26), 2026

We identify common information barriers faced by work teams with diverse visual abilities, and how they are influenced by higher-level social and workplace dynamics.

Recommended citation: Zhao, Y., Nacenta, M., Somanath, S., & Sukhai, M. (2026). "'If We Had the Information That We Need to Interpret the World Around Us, We Wouldn't Be Disabled:' Barriers and Opportunities in Information Work among Blind and Sighted Colleagues." Proceedings of the 5th Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK '26). (ACM CHIWORK '26', paper presentation) link