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In social Virtual Reality (VR), users are embodied in avatars and interactwith other users in a face-to-face manner using avatars as the medium. With theadvent of social VR, people with disabilities (PWD) have shown an increasingpresence on this new social media. With their unique disability identity, it isnot clear how PWD perceive their avatars and whether and how they prefer todisclose their disability when presenting themselves in social VR. We fill thisgap by exploring PWD's avatar perception and disability disclosure preferencesin social VR. Our study involved two steps. We first conducted a systematicreview of fifteen popular social VR applications to evaluate their avatardiversity and accessibility support. We then conducted an in-depth interviewstudy with 19 participants who had different disabilities to understand theiravatar experiences. Our research revealed a number of disability disclosurepreferences and strategies adopted by PWD (e.g., reflect selectivedisabilities, present a capable self). We also identified several challengesfaced by PWD during their avatar customization process. We discuss the designimplications to promote avatar accessibility and diversity for future social VRplatforms.

"It's Just Part of Me:" Understanding Avatar Diversity and Self-presentation of People with Disabilities in Social Virtual Reality