March 6, 2026
A paper on mobile device accessibility and co-authored by CREATE leaders was honored with the 10-Year Lasting Impact Award at the International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’25).
The 2009 ACM ASSETS paper, Freedom to roam: A study of mobile device adoption and accessibility for people with visual and motor disabilities, found that people with disabilities had to find ways to adapt to inaccessible technology. The team developed guidelines for more accessible and empowering design.
The lasting impact award recognizes research papers “that [have] had a significant impact on computing and information technology that addresses the needs of persons with disabilities.”
The authors are:
- Shaun K. Kane, CREATE Ph.D. graduate and Advisory Board member
- Chandrika Jayant, former Ph.D. student of Richard Ladner
- Jacob O. Wobbrock, CREATE associate director and former CREATE co-director
- Richard Ladner, CREATE’s inaugural Director for Education, Emeritus and a continuing CREATE faculty member
Read more about the award:
- The 2025 SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award, AccessComputing
- Professor, Ph.D. alum honored for smartphone accessibility research, UW iSchool