events
April 7, 2021
Reimagining Mobility: Inclusive Living and Home Design
Barry Long is an advocate for people with disabilities who is helping to make real estate more accessible. Watch our third Conversation Hub session, where Long shares past challenges and future improvements in inclusive, visitable homes.
March 15, 2021
Accessible CS Education workshop focuses on inclusive experiences
Amid a global pandemic, innovative thinkers have been hard at work developing plans to improve equity in modern learning environments. The Accessible Computer Science Education Fall Workshop was held November 17-19, 2020, and jointly sponsored by Microsoft, The Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, and CREATE. Each day of the event focused on strategies to improve…
March 8, 2021
Research Workshop for Undergraduates with Disabilities
CREATE and UW AccessComputing co-sponsored a 3-day research-focused workshop for undergraduates in computing fields who have disabilities.
October 8, 2020
Black Disability Art History 101: From Back in the Day to Today
The Inclusion Project, a youth led project, with the Center for Disability Leadership is hosting this workshop led by Leroy F. Moore Jr., founder of Krip-Hop Nation. Wed, October 21, 20203:30 – 5:00 p.m. PDT Learn more and register to attend Black disabled and Deaf artists have always existed. They were on the street corners…
October 6, 2020
January 8, 2021: Sara Hendren – What Can a Body Do?
The CREATE Conversation Hub hosts a live Q&A with Sara Hendren on the future of mobility and lessons she learned through writing her new book, What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World. Sara Hendren is an artist, design researcher, writer, and professor at Olin College of Engineering. Her work spans collaborative…
October 5, 2020
New CREATE Conversation Hub: Reimagining Mobility
Mobility is a central part of accessibility and this new Conversation Hub, hosted by CREATE Associate Directors Kat Steele and Heather Feldner, provides a way to connect and learn from guests who are engaged in critical mobility work — ranging from researchers to small business owners to self-advocates. We will dive deeply into conversations about…
September 9, 2020
Quarterly seminar on accessibility research
The CREATE Accessibility Seminar launched Fall quarter 2020. Led by Anne Spencer Ross and Jennifer Mankoff, the grad student seminar will explore a variety of topics relating to accessibility and technology. CSE 590w – Accessibility Research SeminarSign up for credit by email. general description | time schedule (UW ID required) Most recently, in Winter 2021,…
August 6, 2020
Elks National Foundation Scholarship: deadline Nov. 2
Full-time UW students who have a deceased or disabled parent can apply for a $500 scholarship.
August 2, 2020
Participants Needed for Usability Study
Individuals with mobility impairments who use a wheelchair as their primary mobility device may qualify to participate in a paid usability study. Participants will test new technology that can improve workplace accessibility in an e-commerce fulfillment environment. The study will be conducted by Fieldwork, a national market research firm, on behalf of Amazon. Participants must…
