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.
CREATE awarded $4.6M for research on AI risks, opportunities for people with disabilities
September 10, 2024 We are excited to announce that CREATE has been awarded a five-year, $4.6 million grant to advance crucial research on artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GAI). Research and development projects will explore questions about recent developments in AI and GAI: What risks do they pose for people with disabilities? And…
Taking 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.
YEAR 4 IMPACT REPORT:
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.
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Feldner and Mankoff on CREATE:
The center’s long-term goals, ongoing research highlights, and their views of common misconceptions about disability
CREATE Director Jennifer Mankoff and Associate Director Heather Feldner appeared on the CREATE-ing Access episode of National Science Foundation’s NSF Discovery Files. Give it a look and give it a like!
