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Main Author: Zong, Jonathan
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14257
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contents In accessibility research involving human subjects, researchers conventionally anonymize their research participants to protect privacy. However, a lack of intentionality about who to publicly acknowledge for intellectual contributions to research can lead to the erasure of disabled individuals' work and knowledge. In this paper, I propose identifying disabled research participants by name (with consent) as a practice of citational justice. I share observations from examples of this practice in accessible visualization research, and offer considerations for when it may be appropriate to de-anonymize. Intentional practices of citation offer researchers an opportunity to acknowledge the expertise and intellectual contributions of disabled people in our communities.
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spellingShingle Using Real Names of Disabled Participant-Contributors to Practice Citational Justice in Accessibility
Zong, Jonathan
Human-Computer Interaction
In accessibility research involving human subjects, researchers conventionally anonymize their research participants to protect privacy. However, a lack of intentionality about who to publicly acknowledge for intellectual contributions to research can lead to the erasure of disabled individuals' work and knowledge. In this paper, I propose identifying disabled research participants by name (with consent) as a practice of citational justice. I share observations from examples of this practice in accessible visualization research, and offer considerations for when it may be appropriate to de-anonymize. Intentional practices of citation offer researchers an opportunity to acknowledge the expertise and intellectual contributions of disabled people in our communities.
title Using Real Names of Disabled Participant-Contributors to Practice Citational Justice in Accessibility
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14257