Digital Accessibility: Systematic Review of Papers from the Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computer Systems

Abstract

The Brazilian Computer Society proposed in 2006 the Grand Research Challenges in Computing in Brazil in order to encourage and guide the research in the country. Digital Accessibility is one of the topics covered by the fourth Grand Challenge -- "Participative and universal access to knowledge for the Brazilian citizen". In 2012 the HCI Brazilian Community inspired by the Brazilian Computer Society Grand Challenges discussed and proposed Grand Challenges for this specific area. As the result, the second GranDIHC is Acessibility and Digital Inclusion. This paper evaluates the impact of these initiatives on Digital Accessibility in the Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems. This does not only tell part of this event's history but also alerts to the need of dissemination of the importance of Digital Accessibility.