Publications

On this page you will find links to published articles within our research areas.

List of publications

• Discursive Discrimination: Ableism and Linguicism in Governmental Documentation – The Case of Swedish Sign Language External link, opens in new window.
  International Sign (IS)This critical discourse analysis shows that Swedish legislative documentation regarding STS, rests on unclear intertextual referencing, common-sense implied agreements, and discursive discrimination through linguicism and ableism, specifically audism.
  The article was published on-line: 15 December 2025, Science open

• User participation in co-design – requirements for accessible online collaboration: an exploratory study, opens new tab External link, opens in new window.
  Authors: Stefan Johansson, Marika Jonsson, Jan Gulliksen and Catharina Gustavsson
  The article was published online: 04 Jun 2025, Taylor & Francis
  
  
• How Did People with Impairments Perceive Public Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic and What Are Their Suggestions for Accessible Crisis Information? opens new tab External link.
  Our research into how social information functioned during the covid-19 pandemic for people with disabilities has resulted in a scientific article.
  Authors Karl Gummesson and Catharina Gustavsson, Center for Clinical Research in Dalarna (CKF) and Karin Forsell and Stefan Johansson, Begripsam.
  The article was published in the Scandinavian Journal of disability research, 2024

• Prerequisites for digital participation – the case of digital health technology and people with impairments, opens new tab External link, opens in new window.
  Above link is a chapter included in this book:
  The Routledge International Handbook of Disability and Global Health, opens new tab External link, opens in new window.
  Stefan Johansson, Per-Olof Hedvall, Jan Gulliksen, Lena von Koch, Catharina Gustavsson, 2024
  
  
• Development and Evaluation of eHealth Services Regarding Accessibility: Scoping Literature Review, opens new tab External link, opens in new window.
  Marika Jonsson, Stefan Johansson, Dena Hussain, Jan Gulliksen, Catharina Gustavsson, 2023
  
  
• Disability digital divide: survey of accessibility of eHealth services as perceived by people with and without impairment, opens new tab External link, opens in new window.
  Linda Pettersson, Stefan Johansson, Ingrid Demmelmaier, Catharina Gustavsson, 2023
  
  
• "Accessibility Denied. Understanding Inaccessibility and Everyday Resistance to Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities", one chapter, opens new tab External link, opens in new window.
  An anthology about (in)accessibility, by the publisher Routledge, based in England, 2021.
  Mia Larsdotter, together with more authors.
  
  
• Disability digital divide: the use of the internet, smartphones, computers and tablets among people with disabilities in Sweden, opens new tab External link, opens in new window.
  An article based on Begripsam's survey "SMFOI–Swedes with Impairments and the Internet", 2020.
  Stefan Johansson, Begripsam, Catharina Gustavsson, Center for Clinical Research Dalarna, Jan Gulliksen, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  
  
• Design for participation, and inclusion will follow. Disabled people and the digital society, pdf, opens new tab pdf, 4 MB, opens in new window.
  Doctoral Thesis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2019
  Stefan Johansson