📢 Call for Papers – Special Thematic Session (STS) at ICCHP 2026

International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs 2026 July 13 - 17, 2026 Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic

We are pleased to announce our Special Thematic Session "𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻" https://icchp.org/session/1080/ at ICCHP 2026 https://icchp.org/.

Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly reshaping how people interact with technology. While its inclusive potential is often highlighted, cognitive accessibility remains largely underexplored. This STS aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of Generative AI, Human–Computer Interaction, and cognitive accessibility.

🔎 Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

- Accessible, usable, and understandable Generative AI interaction for people with cognitive impairments - Plain Language and Easy-to-Read content generation, adaptation, and evaluation using Large Language Models (LLMs) - Human-in-the-loop approaches, participatory design, and co-creation methods for GenAI accessibility - Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) for cognitive accessibility, including adaptive interfaces, personalization, and assistive interaction - Multimodal GenAI for cognitive accessibility: text–image–audio interaction, pictograms, visual supports, and alternative representations - Cognitive load reduction in GenAI systems: UX patterns, explainability, transparency, trust, and user control - Accessible and inclusive communication, including user-oriented language and caregiver support - Evaluation protocols, datasets, and methodologies with target users, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches - Ethics, risk assessment, bias, and safeguards in GenAI systems for cognitive accessibility and vulnerable populations - Datasets, benchmarks, and metrics for evaluating readability, fluency, user preferences, and multilingual considerations

🗓️ Important dates (https://icchp.org/submission-26/ https://lnkd.in/eiGPJg6e): • Extended Abstract (3–5 pages): February 9, 2026 • Notification of Acceptance: March 23, 2026 • Final Camera-Ready Paper (6–8 pages, LNCS format): April 16, 2026

We warmly invite research papers, case studies, design proposals, and empirical work.

+ info: https://icchp.org/session/1080/

Paloma Martínez

Full professor Human Language and Accessibility Technologies Group (hulat.inf.uc3m.es http://labda.inf.uc3m.es) Computer Science Department Universidad Carlos III de Madrid @Grupo_HULAT