Title
The Invisible Labor of Access in Academic Writing Practices: A Case Analysis with Dyslexic Adults
Abstract
AbstractWriting is the currency of academia. Although technology-mediated writing has been studied extensively in CSCW, we know little about how writing practices unfold with disabled people, such as dyslexic writers whose neurodivergence shapes how they process language. Our qualitative analysis reveals how dyslexic professionals simultaneously identify how editing tools break down on academic language; develop workarounds that re-appropriate other tools as language sources; cultivate ad-hoc collaborations to compensate for technology's limitations; and navigate culturally ingrained ableist expectations for writing. We discuss how dyslexic writers' experiences with shouldering invisible work to participate in academic writing processes indicates that current tools and services do not support their needs. We then draw on our findings to inform design opportunities to make writing processes more accessible through changes to writing tools, institutional services, and peer review practices.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.1145/3512967
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
DocType
Volume
Issue
Conference
6
CSCW1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Emily Q. Wang100.68
Anne Marie Piper258647.70