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This collection houses Volume 6 of the Journal on Technology & Persons with Disabilities published by the CSUN Center on Disabilities. 2018 marks the sixth year of the journal, which gathers the best papers from the 33rd Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference , held in San Diego, California on March 19-23, 2018.

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Table of Contents

• VR for ASD: Therapeutic Environments for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum, John Settineri, Fioger Shahollari, Abhishek Samdaria, Zhigang Zhu, Celina Cavalluzi, page 1


• Panoramik: Finding and Locating Objects via Panoramic Camera Techniques, Carl Colena, Nayancy Kashyap, Diana Yau, Zhigang Zhu, Celina Cavalluzi, page 19


• The EasyReading Framework - Keep the User at the Digital Original, Peter Heumader, Klaus Miesenberger, Reinhard Koutny, page 33


• A Toolkit for User-Centered Design of Assistive Technology Solutions, Christoph Veigl, Klaus Miesenberger, page 43


• A Hybrid Indoor Positioning System for the Blind and Visually Impaired Using Bluetooth and Google Tango, Vishnu Nair, Christina Tsangouri, Bowen Xiao, Greg Olmschenk, Zhigang Zhu, William Seiple, page 62


• RingBoard - A Dynamic Virtual Keyboard for Fist Based Test Entry, Bradley Wojcik, Tony Morelli, Bryan Hoeft, page 83


• Modeling the Use of Space for Pointing in American Sign Language Animation, Jigar Gohel, Sedeeq Al-khazraji, Matt Huenerfauth, page 94


• Basic Identity Tags (BITs) in Tactile Perception of 2D Shape, Richa Gupta, S. Mannheimer, P.V.M. Rao, M. Balakrishnan, page 103


• Mobile Learning: Device Ownership, Usage, and Perspectives of Post-Secondary Students With and Without Disabilities, Linda Chmiliar, Carrie Anton, page 117


• Smart Speaker Usability by Military Service Members with mTBI and PTSD, Tracey Wallace, John T. Morris, page 127


• Proposal of a Vibration Stimulus Start System for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Akihisa Shitara, Miki Namatame, Yuhki Shraishi, page 140


• Mobile Health Apps and Needs of People with Disabilities: A National Survey, Frank DeRuyter, Michael L. Jones, John T. Morris, page 149


• Development of a Serious Gaming App for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury, Michelle A. Meade, Eric Maslowski, page 162


• Designing Human-Centered Services for Visually Impaired Seniors, Naz Mirzaie, David Morgan, page 181


• Supporting Simulation Use for Students with Intellectual and Development Disabilities, Brianna J. Tomlinson, Prakriti Kaini, Bruce N. Walker, Jaren Batterman, Emily B. Moore, page 202


• Virtual Reality Based Scalable Framework for Travel Planning and Training, Loren Abdulezer, Jason DaSilva, page 219


• Survey of User Needs for ICT - Community Living by People with Disbilities, Michael L. Jones, Frank DeRuyter, Nicole A. Thompson, Jenna Norelli, John T. Morris, page 230


• A Pilot Study of Computer Auto-Personalization at American Job Centers, J. Bern Jordan, Gregg C. Vanderheiden, Maureen Kaine-Krolak, Vera Roberts, page 247


• How do We Aid Visually Impaired People Safely Manage Unfamiliar Environments?, Martin Goldberg, Zhigang Zhu, Zhanyang Zhang, page 261


• A Survey of Visually Impaired Consumers About Self-Driving Vehicles, Julian Brinkley, Juan E. Gilbert, Shaundra B. Daily, page 274


• Accessible Math: Best Practices After 25 Years of Research and Development, Steve Noble, Sam Dooley, Neil Soiffer, Edgar Lozano, Dan Brown, page 284


• Fitting Simulation Based on Mobile Body Scanning for Wheelchair Users, Ryosuke Ichikari, Masaki Onishi, Takeshi Kurata, page 297


• SETT Framework, MODELER, and PODD AAC Intervention in Elementary Grades, Samuel C. Sennott, Alisha Chavez, Hannah Goldberg, Jess Bean, page 312


• Media Player Accessibility: Summary of Insights from Interviews & Focus Groups, Terrill Thompson, page 325


• PERCEPT Navigation for Visually Impaired in Large Transportation Hubs, Aura Ganz, James Schafer, Yang Tao, Zhuorui Yang, Charlene Sanderson, Larry Haile, page 336


• Intellectual Disability, Literacy, and Assistive Technology in the Community College Setting, Kimberly Maich, Jennifer Jahnke, Camille Rutherford, page 354


• Using a Mobile App to Reduce Off Task Behaviors in Classrooms: A Pilot Study, Ahmad Abualsamid, Charles E. Hughes, page 378


• A Second Look at what High School Students who are Blind Should Know About Technology, Stacy M. Kelly, Gaylen Kapperman, page 385


• Authoring Semantic Annotations for Non-Visual Access to Graphics, Toomas Murillo-Morales, Klaus Miesenberger, Jaromír Plhák, page 399

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