Visually impaired people (VIP) navigate by walking, using public transport, ride-sharing and getting lifts. While in some places this allows VIP to confidently take journeys at any time, transportation today leaves many accessibility barriers that cause access issues for VIP. In search of a solution to this issue, scholars have explored fully autonomous vehicles (FAVs) to bring VIP greater independence when travelling, but findings suggest FAVs cannot solve all mobility problems for VIP. This project explores the use of intelligent systems embedded into urban infrastructure, co-created with VIP and professionals involved in shaping the urban environment, to find technological solutions to today's accessibility barriers. This project also seeks to contribute an account of conducting human-centred methods from the perspective of a visually impaired researcher. This account aims to guide future work on developing accessible research methods to encourage people with disabilities to approach the HCI field as researchers.
Peter A. Hayton (Thu,) studied this question.