Books
Hersh, M., & Lewoc, J. B. (2023). ICT Ethics and Human Behaviour in ICT Development: International Case Studies with a Focus on Poland,
Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Hersh, M.A. (2015). Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainability, Springer Verlag.
Hersh, M.A. and Johnson, M.A. (2008). Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired and Blind People, Springer Verlag, 978-1-84628-866-1.
Hersh, M.A. (2006). Mathematical Modelling for Sustainable Development, Springer Verlag, ISBN 3-540-24216-3.
Hersh, M.A. and Johnson, M.A. (2003). Assistive Technology for the Hearing Impaired, Deaf and Deafblind, Springer Verlag, 2003, ISBN 1-
85233-382-0.
Journal Papers
Older Autistic People
Hersh, M., Mery, P., & Dawson, M. (2025). Older Autistic people and ICT: Experiences, Attitudes and Support Needs. Behaviour and Information Technology.
Hersh, M., Mery, P., & Dawson, M. (2024). Older Autistic People, Access and Experiences of Services, and the Factors That Affect This. International Journal of Environmental Research and
Public Health, 21(11), 1535.
Videoconferencing Tools
Hersh, M. , Leporini, B. and Buzzi, M. (2024) A comparative study of disabled people’s experiences with the video conferencing tools Zoom, MS Teams, Google Meet and Skype. Behaviour
and Information Technology, (doi: 10.1080/0144929X.2023.2286533)
Leporini, B., Buzzi, M., & Hersh, M. (2023). Video Conferencing Tools: Comparative Study of the Experiences of Screen Reader Users and the Development of More Inclusive Design
Guidelines. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 16(1), 1-36.
Ethical Issues
Hersh, M. A. (2022). Professional ethics and social responsibility: Military work and peacebuilding. AI & Society, 37(4), 1545-1561. (doi: 10.1007/s00146-021-01238-5).
Hersh, M.A. (2015). Engineers and the Other: the Role of Narrative Ethics. AI and Society, 31(3), 327-245.
Hersh, M.A. (2014). Science, technology and values: promoting ethics and social responsibility. AI and Society, vol. 29(2), pp. 167-183.
Hersh, M.A. (2013). Barriers to Ethical Behaviour and Stability: Stereotyping and Scapegoating as Pretexts for Avoiding Responsibility. Annual Reviews in Control, vol. 37(2), pp. 365-381
Mental Maps and Route Learning
Hersh, M., & Ramirez, A. R. G. (2022). Route descriptions, spatial knowledge and spatial representations of blind and partially sighted people: Improved design of electronic travel aids. ACM
Transactions on Accessible Computing, 15(4), 1-46.
Hersh, M. (2020). Mental Maps and the Use of Sensory Information by Blind and Partially Sighted People. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS), 13(2), 1-32. Presented at
Assets 2020 3 citations
Hersh, M. (2020). Route learning by blind and partially sighted people. Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research, 10(2).
Hersh, M. Technology for inclusion, article commissioned by UNESCO,
Wearable Technologies for Blind People
Zeinullin, M., & Hersh, M. (2022). Tactile Audio Responsive Intelligent System. IEEE Access, 10, 122074-122091.
Hersh, M.A. (2022), Wearable travel aids for blind and partially sighted people: a review with a focus on design issues, Sensors 22(14), 5454.
Ozioko, O., Karipoth, P., Hersh, M., & Dahiya, R. (2020). Wearable Assistive Tactile Communication Interface based on Integrated Touch Sensors and Actuators. IEEE Transactions on
Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 28(6), 1344-1352.
Ozioko, O., Navaraj, W., Hersh, M., & Dahiya, R. (2020). Tacsac: A Wearable Haptic Device with Capacitive Touch-Sensing Capability for Tactile Display. Sensors, 20(17), 4780.
Learning Technologies and Disability
Hersh, M., & Mouroutsou, S. (2019). Learning technology and disability—Overcoming barriers to inclusion: Evidence from a multicountry study. British Journal of Educational Technology,
50(6), 3329-3344.
Hersh, M.A. and Elley, S. (2019). Barriers and Enablers of Inclusion for Young Autistic Learners: Lessons from the Polish Experience. Advances in Autism, 5(2), 117-130.
Hersh, M.A. and Leporini, B. (2018). Serious games, education and inclusion for disabled people editorial. British Journal of Educational Technology49(4), pp.587-595.
Hersh, M.A. (2017). Classification Framework for ICT-Based Learning Technologies for Disabled People, British Journal of Education Technology, 48(3), pp.768-788
Hersh, M.A. (2014). Evaluation Framework for ICT-Based Learning Technologies for Disabled People. Computers and Education, vol. 78, pp. 30-47.
Mobility Technologies for Blind People
Hersh, M.A. and Garcia, A. (2018). Evaluation of the Electronic Long Cane: Improving Mobility in Urban Environments.Behaviour & Information Technology, 13(12), pp. 1203-1223
Pissaloux, E., Velazquez, R., Hersh, M., and Uzan, G. (2016). Towards a cognitive model of human mobility: an investigation of tactile perception for use in mobility devices. Journal of
Navigation vol. 70, no. 1, pp 1-17.
Hersh, M.A. (2015). Cane Use and Late Onset Visual Impairment. Technology and Disability vol. 27(3), pp. 103-116.
Deafblind People
Hersh, M.A. (2016). Improving Deafblind Travelers’ Experiences: An International Survey, Journal of Travel Research, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 380-394.
Hersh, M.A. (2013). Deafblind People, Stigma and the Use of Communication and Mobility Assistive Devices, Technology and Disability, vol. 25(4), pp. 245-261.
Hersh, M.A. (2013). Deafblind People, Communication, Independence and Isolation, The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, vol. 18(4), pp. 446-463.
Robotic Technologies for Disabled and Older People
Hersh, M.A. (2015). Overcoming Barriers and Increasing Independence: Service Robots for Elderly and Disabled People. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems 12(8), 114, DOI:
10.5772/59230
Hersh, M.A. and M.A. Johnson (2012). A robotic guide for blind people part 2, Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, vol. 9, pp. 29-43.
Hersh, M.A. and Johnson, M.A. (2010). A robotic guide for blind people part 1: a multi-national survey of the attitudes, requirements and preferences of potential end-users, Applied
Bionics and Biomechanics, vol. 7(4), pp. 277-288.
Deaf People
Hersh, M.A. (2013). Subtitles and the Representation of Emotions and Contextual Features: A Two-Country Survey of Deaf People’s Experiences, Attitudes and Requirements,
Telecommunications Journal of Australia, vol. 63(2), pp. 23.1-23.14.
Hersh, M.A, Ohene-Djan, J. and Navqi, S. (2010), Investigating Road Safety Issues and Deaf People in the UK: An empirical study and recommendations for good practice, Journal of
Prevention and Intervention in the Community, vol 38(4), pp. 290-305.
Ohene-Djan, J., Hersh, M.A. and Navqi, S. (2010), Road safety and deaf people: the role of the police, Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, vol. 38(4), pp. 316-331.
Assistive Technology Modelling
Hersh, M.A. and Johnson, M.A. (2008). On modelling assistive technology systems part II:Applications of the comprehensive assistive technology model, Technology and Disability, vol. 20,
pp. 251-270
Hersh, M.A. and Johnson, M.A. (2008). On modelling assistive technology systems part I:modelling framework, Technology and Disability, vol. 20, no. 3. pp. 193-215.
Book Chapters
Hersh, M.A. (2025). Mobility Technologies for Blind, Partially Sighted and Deafblind People: Design Issues. In: Pissaloux, E. and Velazquez, R. (eds.) Mobility of Visually Impaired People:
Fundamentals and ICT Assistive Technologies, 2nd edn. Springer, ISBN 9783031915499
Hersh, M.A. (2025). Mobility, Inclusion and Exclusion. In: Mobility of Visually Impaired People – Fundamentals and ICT Assistive Technologies, In: Pissaloux, E. and Velazquez, R. (eds.)
Mobility of Visually Impaired People: Fundamentals and ICT Assistive Technologies, 2nd edn. Springer, ISBN 9783031915499
Hersh, M., Elley, S., Banks, Z., Mery, P., Dawson, M., Cowan, D. and Watson, C. (2020) Accessing services and social interaction: strategies used by autistic people. In: Milton, D., Murray, D.,
Ridout, S., Martin, N. and Mills, R. (eds.) The Neurodiversity Reader. Pavilion Publishing and Media: Shoreham by Sea. ISBN 9781912755394
Hersh, M.A. and Leporini, B. (2019). Games for the rehabilitation of disabled people. Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on ICTS for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques
(REHAB 2016). Series: Communications in computer and information science, 1002. Springer, pp. 95-115. ISBN 9783030167844 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-16785-1_8)
Hersh, M.A. (2017). Mobility Technologies for Blind, Partially Sighted and Deafblind People: Design Issues. In: Pissaloux, E. and Velazquez, R. (eds.) Mobility of Visually Impaired People:
Fundamentals and ICT Assistive Technologies. Springer, pp. 377-409. ISBN 9783319544441
Hersh, M.A. (2017). Mobility, Inclusion and Exclusion. In: Mobility of Visually Impaired People – Fundamentals and ICT Assistive Technologies, In: Pissaloux, E. and Velazquez, R. (eds.)
Mobility of Visually Impaired People: Fundamentals and ICT Assistive Technologies. Springer, pp. 631-648. ISBN 9783319544441
Hersh, M. (2016) Designing effective learning technologies for autistic people. In: Miesenberger, K., Bühler, C. and Penaz, P. (eds.) Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 15th
International Conference, ICCHP 2016, Linz, Austria, July 13-15, 2016, Proceedings, Part I. Series: Lecture notes in computer science (9758). Springer International Publishing: Cham, pp.
475-482. ISBN 9783319412634 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-41264-1_64)
Hersh, M. (2016) Inclusive settings, pedagogies and approaches in ICT based learning for disabled and non-disabled people: introduction to the special thematic session. In: Miesenberger,
K., Bühler, C. and Penaz, P. (eds.) Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 15th International Conference, ICCHP 2016, Linz, Austria, July 13-15, 2016, Proceedings, Part I. Series:
Lecture notes in computer science (9758). Springer International Publishing: Cham, pp. 470-473. ISBN 9783319412634
Hersh, M. and Darvishy, A. (2016) Mobile apps and platforms: introduction to the special thematic session. In: Miesenberger, K., Bühler, C. and Penaz, P. (eds.) Computers Helping People
with Special Needs: 15th International Conference, ICCHP 2016, Linz, Austria, July 13-15, 2016, Proceedings, Part I. Series: Lecture notes in computer science (9758). Springer International
Publishing: Cham, pp. 152-155. ISBN 9783319412634
Lewoc, J.B., Hersh, M.A. et al. (2016). Human behaviour case studies for the ICT and automation industries in Poland, in: R.G. Bednarik (ed.) Understanding Human Behaviour Theories,
Patterns and Developments. pp. 211-261., Nova Science Publishing: Hauppauge, pp. 211-261. ISBN 9781634852135
Hersh, M.A. and Leporini, B. (2012). Accessibility and usability of educational games for disabled students, In C. Gonzalez, Student Usability in Educational Software and Games: Improving
Experiences, pp. 1-40, IGI Global.
On-line Encyclopedia Chapters
Hersh, M.A. (2010). The design and evaluation of assistive technology products and devices part 1: design, International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation, Available online:
http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/encyclopedia/en/article/309/
Hersh, M.A. (2010). The design and evaluation of assistive technology products and devices part 2: evaluation of assistive products, International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation, Available
online: http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/encyclopedia/en/article/311/
Hersh, M.A. (2010). The design and evaluation of assistive technology products and devices part 3: outcomes of assistive product use, International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation,
Available online: http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/encyclopedia/en/article/312/