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 the Fall, we usually read a book together. Spring seminars are usually short research presentations, followed by discussion and critical evaluations.
Related explorations
Tinkering 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.
Assistive Robotics Reading Group
Maya Cakmak’s Assistive Robotics Reading Group (CSE 590 K) is happening again Winter quarter 2025! The last one (in 2022) was very engaging and planted the seeds for a published paper. We will read newer papers on robotics, accessibility, and occupational therapy, with the goal of identifying unique, unexplored opportunities for robots to assist people.
Past seminar topics
- Spring 2025: Students presented their research and provided feedback on other projects.
- 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