CREATE is the Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences. Our mission is to make technology accessible and to make the world accessible through technology.
The need for greater access
A core mantra of the disability movement is “Nothing about us without us,” yet technical advances often assume a certain set of abilities, limit customizability, and fail to include people with disabilities as creators of technology.
The major challenges of creating accessible technology and of making the world accessible through technology are outpacing even the most talented individual researchers and small teams.
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AI has enormous potential to support needs and ways of being for people with disabilities. CREATE researchers are thoughtfully exploring AI’s implications for people with disabilities so they are included in the development and use of AI products and so they are protected from AI biases. Active research projects are addressing ableism, communication tools, health and activities of daily living, physical spaces and fabrication, digital accessibility and visualization, and interaction support.
More about AI and Machine Learning Research at CREATETaking accessibility to the next level
By supporting CREATE, you support education, fund research, and translate those to real-world solutions for the 1 in 4 people in the U.S. who have disabilities.
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CREATE’s Successes in Research, Education, Translation, Leadership, and New Projects
Our annual look at the past year’s goals and accomplishments highlights CREATE’s continued evolution as we strive to meet the demands of the growing and ever-changing field of accessible technology and to better serve our many communities—students, faculty, and community and industry partners. We added a new role to CREATE’s leadership: Dr. Olivia Banner joined us as our Director of Strategy and Operations. Associate Director Mark Harniss stepped into the position of CREATE’s Director of Education. Our faculty has grown from our original nine founders to include more than twenty people. Finally, we sent into the world five newly minted Ph.D.s, all of them champions of accessibility. Together we move forward in our mission and our commitment to CREATEing a bright, accessible future for all!
Cross-campus, interdisciplinary team
A consortium of faculty from the University of Washington’s Allen School, Mechanical Engineering, School of Medicine, and the iSchool.
