CREATE student members are University of Washington students who are interested in a facet of accessibility: research, education, or translation-to-practice.
Student members receive announcements and invitations for public events such as seminars and talks, network with the CREATE community through the UW CREATE students Slack channel, and are eligible for CREATE Student Minigrants.
How to get involved
| To learn about: | Consider these programs: | Get started: |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptive engineering design, hands-on adaptive making, and to connect with other students | HuskyAdapt: student-run group that learns about adaptive engineering design and creates adaptive toys that are distributed to the community. | Apply in October-November |
| Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) | DUB REU (may need to correct year in url) | Apply in January |
| Computing research and education | CRA-WP DREU: awards, scholarships and programs for undergrad and graduate students from underrepresented communities | Apply in March |
| Mentorship, internships, opportunities in computing fields | UW AccessComputing | ongoing |
| Academics | Accessibility courses at the UW | Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters |
| Networking, advocacy, accessibility learning | Teach Access student programs for networking with higher education, industry, and advocacy organizations while learning about accessibility | ongoing |
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STUDENT NEWS
Adapting toys to be accessible for local families
December 20, 2024 At HuskyADAPT's holiday toy adaptation event in November, about 80 volunteers adapted toys, ranging from a baseball pitching machine and spinning art kit to lava lamps, remote control cars and a bilingual play drum. The volunteers connected the toys to a switch that can make it easier for children with disabilities to…
Former CREATE postdoc Sasha Portnova talks about her experiences and inspirations
November 22, 2024 Dr. Alexandra (Sasha) Portnova, who was a postdoctoral research with CREATE in 2022-24, was interviewed about those experiences as a NIDILRR-funded fellow and about her work in rehabilitation research. In the National Rehabilitation Information Center interview, Portnova spoke about the value of the CREATE ARRT fellowship in transitioning from the overwhelming life…
HuskyADAPT Mini Hackathon: Adaptive Solutions
November 18, 2024 This month, CREATE's ARRT postdocs postdocs and HuskyADAPT students partnered with our partners King County Library Systems (KCLS) and Washington Assistive Technology Act Program (WATAP) to put on an impressive and successful hackfest. The goal was to design adaptations to everyday challenges for people with disabilities. All six teams came up with innovative…
CREATE at ASSETS 2024: Papers & Workshops
September 25, 2024 CREATE faculty, students, and alumni had a large presence at ASSETS 2024, the international ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. If we missed any CREATE research, please email Liz Diether-Martin with the details. Awards ASSETS 2024 Best Paper Award:Engaging with Children's Artwork in Mixed Visual-Ability FamiliesArnavi Chheda-Kothary, Jacob O. Wobbrock (CREATE associate…
CREATE researchers find ChatGPT biased against resumes that imply disability, models improvement
June 24, 2024 Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) tools can be useful and help people meet currently unaddressed access needs, but we need to acknowledge that risks such as bias exist, and be proactive as a field in finding accessible ways to validate GAI outputs. This is the takeaway from CREATE Ph.D. student Kate Glazko, who…