September 3, 2025 The Washington Department of Services for the Blind (DSB) program, called Youth Employment Solutions 2, provides experience, instruction, and paid 5-week summer internships. The students share a house, have job placements, and learn skills in using public transportation for travel to work sites. When ready, the students commute to their jobs independently. Statistics indicate that more than 70% of blind adults are either unemployed or under-employed, in jobs unequal to their education. However, evidence also indicates that…
Category: Accessible Coding Research
Amy J. Ko, Director of Education
Dr. Ko studies equitable, liberatory learning about computing and information, in schools and beyond, drawing from human-computer interaction, computing education, software engineering, programming languages, learning sciences, behavioral sciences, sociology, and more. Affiliations Professor, Associate Dean for Academics, UW Information School Adjunct Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering Adjunct Professor, College of of Education Co-Director, Center for Learning, Computing, and Imagination Ko web page ajko@uw.edu Google Scholar Research highlights How can programmable media support all learners’ abilities…
James Fogarty, Associate Director
CREATE Associate Director, Dr. James Fogarty’s broad research interests are in Human-Computer Interaction, User Interface Software and Technology, and Ubiquitous Computing. His focus is on developing, deploying, and evaluating new approaches to the human obstacles surrounding widespread everyday adoption of ubiquitous sensing and intelligent computing technologies.