The CREATE Accessibility Seminar, CSE 590w – Accessibility Research, brings students and faculty together to explore a variety of topics relating to accessibility and technology.
In Autumn quarter, we usually read a book together. Spring seminars are usually short research presentations, followed by discussion and critical evaluations.
All are welcome to attend, whether you register and participate for 1 course credit or participate without registering or earning credit.
Autumn 2026 Seminar
Plans for autumn quarter will be announced in September 2026. We look forward to seeing you next academic year!
How to participate
- Register for CSE 590w – Accessibility Research
- Join the seminar mailing list, completing the accessibility needs portion of the form as soon as possible.
Email Aashaka Desai, Gina Clepper, or Kate Glazko
Join the seminar mailing list, completing the accessibility needs portion of the form as soon as possible.
Watch the #seminar channel of CREATE’s Slack for updates. Not a member of our Slack community? Learn how to join.
Related explorations
Tinkerer Tuesday: DIY Accessible Tech meeting
CREATE hosts Tinkering Tuesdays, in person in the Gates/CSE2 283 lab and often with a Zoom option. Tinker with various forms of DIY Accessible Technology (DIYAT) and related technologies. The space has lightweight making and accessibility equipment, such as an embroidery machine, swell paper printer, 3D printers, and soldering. Get updates on CREATE’s #diyat Slack channel.
New Voices in CREATE
At a CREATE Accessibility Seminar in April 2026, CREATE’s three newest faculty members shared their research in and their experiences with disability and accessibility. Meet and learn more about doctors Cecilia Aragon (HCDE), Wanda Pratt (Information School), and Rania Hussein (Electrical & Computer Engineering).
Past seminar topics
- Spring 2026: Continued exploration of art as experienced and created by people with disabilities
- Autumn 2025: Exploration of how access intersects with art forms and modalities through works of disabled artists and scholars
- Spring 2025: Student presentations on their research and feedback
- Autumn 2024: Time segment from Margaret Price’s Crip Spacetime book and other readings
- Autumn 2023: Alice Wong’s Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life
- Autumn 2022: Keah Brown’s The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me
- Winter 2021: Graduate student research reports
- Autumn 2021: Margaret Price’s MAD at School
- Autumn 2020: Research in the intersection of disability and race, primarily focusing on under-represented minorities