Publications

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

Discursive Discrimination: Ableism and Linguicism in Governmental Documentation – The Case of Swedish Sign Language

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

This link leads you to the Swedish summary of the article, Om teckenspråkets status

Sammanfattningen på svenska

Online collaboration for user participation in co-design

The aim of this study was to describe prerequisites for online collaboration for user participation in co-design of online digital services as perceived by people with impairments and to develop requirements for how online collaboration should be designed to be accessible for all participants. An exploratory study was conducted in parallel to activities in two co-design projects. Researchers, accessibility experts, designers and 31 members of disability organisations participated. All participants had lived experience of impairments.

Authors: Stefan Johansson, Marika Jonsson, Jan Gulliksen and Catharina Gustavsson
The article was published online: 04 Jun 2025, Taylor & Francis

User participation in co-design – requirements for accessible online collaboration: an exploratory study, opens new tab External link, opens in new window.

How social information functioned during the covid-19 pandemic for people with disabilities

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

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.