From ldegreef at apple.com Mon Jul 6 18:48:20 2020 From: ldegreef at apple.com (Lilian de Greef) Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:48:20 -0700 Subject: [Access Lunch] [Accessibility Lunch] Reading for July 9th In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <76DEB126-A839-4CE8-A831-1C2FCD4067A7@apple.com> Hello all, This week?s reading is about the theory of technology as an amplifier, which presents a different narrative about technology than the often hyped idea of ?technology driving social change.? While this paper specifically focuses on the ICT4D space (?information and communication technology for development?, a field that explore how technology can improve the lives of underserved populations in low-income regions), it?ll be interesting to explore parallels for accessibility and disability and how this theory applies to our work. For anyone who wants to learn more, Kentaro Toyama (the author) dives deeper into the topic in his book Geek Heresy . 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URL: From jbigham at cs.cmu.edu Thu Jul 9 12:04:09 2020 From: jbigham at cs.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Bigham) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 12:04:09 -0400 Subject: [Access Lunch] [Accessibility Lunch] Reading for July 9th In-Reply-To: <76DEB126-A839-4CE8-A831-1C2FCD4067A7@apple.com> References: <76DEB126-A839-4CE8-A831-1C2FCD4067A7@apple.com> Message-ID: For anyone who might be new, here is the Zoom link: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700 On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 6:48 PM Lilian de Greef via Accessibility-lunch < accessibility-lunch at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > Hello all, > > This week?s reading is about the theory of technology as an amplifier, > which presents a different narrative about technology than the often hyped > idea of ?technology driving social change.? > > While this paper specifically focuses on the ICT4D space (?information and > communication technology for development?, a field that explore how > technology can improve the lives of underserved populations in > low-income regions), it?ll be interesting to explore parallels for > accessibility and disability and how this theory applies to our work. > > For anyone who wants to learn more, Kentaro Toyama (the author) dives > deeper into the topic in his book Geek Heresy . > > Here?s a link to the paper: > https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/1940761.1940772 > I?ve also attached a pdf to this email. > > Best, > Lilian > > _______________________________________________ > Accessibility-lunch mailing list > Accessibility-lunch at lists.andrew.cmu.edu > https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-lunch > -- == Associate Professor Ph.D. Program Director Human-Computer Interaction Institute Language Technologies Institute Carnegie Mellon University jeffreybigham.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As usual, our meeting is Thursday (July 16th), noon-1pm ET, at cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700. Looking forward to discussing this paper and seeing all of you there! _______________________________________________ Accessibility-lunch mailing list Accessibility-lunch at lists.andrew.cmu.edu https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-lunch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cgleason at cs.cmu.edu Wed Jul 22 10:26:29 2020 From: cgleason at cs.cmu.edu (Cole Gleason) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:26:29 -0400 Subject: [Access Lunch] Accessibility Reading Group for Thursday 7/23 Message-ID: Hi everyone! We got a bit caught up with research and getting ASSETS papers ready, so sorry for the late email. Tomorrow we will be discussing "The Invisible Work of Accessibility: How Blind Employees Manage Accessibility in Mixed-Ability Workplaces" by Stacy Branham et al. I know this email is last minute, so still feel free to attend tomorrow even if you don't get a chance to read the paper. Time: 12:00pm ET Location: On Zoom! http://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700 Cole -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2700648.2809864.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1364228 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ldegreef at apple.com Wed Jul 22 20:14:36 2020 From: ldegreef at apple.com (Lilian de Greef) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:14:36 -0700 Subject: [Access Lunch] Accessibility Reading Group for Thursday 7/23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6E6BB17E-7A1A-48ED-A9D7-4A00E6BA0F3C@apple.com> In case you?d like to watch a 6-ish minute summary, Stacy Branham presented this work at UW a few years ago. She talks about this specific paper starting at around 14:45 until around 20:55 in the recording posted here: https://dub.washington.edu/seminars/2017-12-06.html - Lilian > On Jul 22, 2020, at 7:26 AM, Cole Gleason wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > We got a bit caught up with research and getting ASSETS papers ready, so sorry for the late email. > > Tomorrow we will be discussing "The Invisible Work of Accessibility: How Blind Employees Manage Accessibility in Mixed-Ability Workplaces" by Stacy Branham et al. > > I know this email is last minute, so still feel free to attend tomorrow even if you don't get a chance to read the paper. > > Time: 12:00pm ET > Location: On Zoom! http://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700 > > Cole > <2700648.2809864.pdf>_______________________________________________ > Accessibility-lunch mailing list > Accessibility-lunch at lists.andrew.cmu.edu > https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-lunch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Before the readings, as a reminder, we'll meet this Thursday, July 30 at 12 PM Eastern Time here: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700 These 7 articles come from 2 collections, the New York Times's Beyond the Law's Promise: 30 Years Since the Passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act, and a collection of essays by disabled people and curated by Alice Wong, ADA 30 In Color. The New York Times links are supposed to be unlocked versions. Please let me know if you cannot open any. These articles were chosen to showcase a mixture of history, statistics, personal stories, diverse perspectives, areas we have not covered in reading group, ways the ADA is not measuring up, and some interesting gains stimulated by the law. Suffice to say, there's a lot more where these came from. We'll begin earlier with Section 504, from which a lot of language was borrowed by the ADA: Overlooked No More: Brad Lomax, a Bridge Between Civil Rights Movements Next, introducing activism of younger disabled people with: Disability Pride: The High Expectations of a New Generation Then, two articles showing gaps and areas for improvement: After 30 Years the ADA Leaves People with Psychiatric Disabilities Behind When Caring for Your Child's Needs Becomes a Job All Its Own Continuing with two positive notes: How the ADA Gave Birth to a Black Sexpert Disabled Do-It-Yourselfers Lead Way to Technology Gains And finally, reflections on how to move forward: The Future Liberation of Disability Movements Talk soon! Cynthia L. Bennett Pronouns: she/her Twitter LinkedIn Google Scholar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From svalenci at andrew.cmu.edu Mon Aug 3 17:06:36 2020 From: svalenci at andrew.cmu.edu (Stephanie Valencia Valencia) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 17:06:36 -0400 Subject: [Access Lunch] Accessibility Lunch Reading for 8/6 Message-ID: Hi Everyone! We had a great discussion last week commemorating the 30 years of the ADA! For this week's reading I thought it would be a great idea to learn a little bit about another country's journey towards an accessible present and future. For that reason I chose a paper published in the proceedings of the GREAT Consultation of 2019 by the World Health Organization titled "The Colombian assistive technology sector: National policies and experiences from the National Disability System representatives" which gives us a background of the policy and resources available in the country of Colombia. For some background here is a summary of the consultation's foreword: *"As a first step to inform the development of a Global Report on effective access to assistive technology, WHO hosted the GReAT Consultation on 22-23 August, 2019. Over 260 participants from 60 countries representing academia, civil society, users of assistive technology, global assistive technology stakeholders, States and UN agencies participated in this global consultation.* *More than 130 abstracts were submitted, and following a review process considering the relevance, quality and geographic representation, over 80 manuscripts or illustrative contributions were subsequently invited to be developed into full manuscripts for presentation at the GReAT Consultation.* * Contributions were sought to illuminate the range and breadth of assistive technology and to recognise the diversity of stakeholders within the complex system of assistive technology. Submitted manuscripts were reviewed from academic, technical and accessibility perspectives. * *These Proceedings represent the first foundation for the Global Report. Its 76 sections comprise 72 manuscripts and four abstracts, and are presented across eight themes: (1) Needs and Supply, (2) Access, (3) Outcomes, (4) Policies and Programmes, (5) Procurement and Service provision, (6) Capacity Building, (7) Innovations, (8) Enabling the sector."* I am also excited to share that Sara M?nera, one of the authors will be joining us this week to discuss the paper further. Sara is the director and founder of Whee , a social enterprise that promotes accessibility and inclusion through education in Colombia. I look forward to reflecting on what common patterns we see among the US and Colombia, lessons learned that could be transferred across countries, and even on what are some universal challenges to accessibility that remain true independent of the nation. 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The SV will have to spend about 20 hours over the course of the next two months checking and fixing PDFs. The SV must have access to a copy of Adobe Acrobat so that they can fix the PDFs' tagged reading order and add the author provided alt-text. If you are interested, please email me ASAP. Also please feel free to forward widely to interested groups or students. -- Megan Hofmann Human Computer Interaction Institute Carnegie Mellon University Here is information about my research lab: https://make4all.org/portfolio/megan-hofmann/ Here is information about me:https://www.megan-hofmann.com/ Pronouns: She/ Her -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessSIGCHI" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sigchi-accessibility+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com . 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To accommodate remote attendees and guest speakers that may be on the west coast, we are also moving to a new time: 2-3pm on Thursdays. We hope you can join us! To kick this off, we are starting the semester with Dr. Rory Cooper from the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) here in Pittsburgh. HERL is affiliated with Pitt and part of the US Veterans Affairs (VA) and is known for their work on designing wheelchairs and robotics for people with disabilities. Dr. Cooper is an Associate Dean at University of Pittsburgh and the Director of HERL and will be joining us to give us an overview of their work and discuss the design of accessibility technology with us! *As we are not asking you to read anything for next week, please take a minute to read Dr. Cooper's bio and write down one question you might ask in next week's seminar!* *Bio: *Rory A. Cooper, PhD FISA/PVA Distinguished Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA Associate Dean for Inclusion, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Founding Director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh PA Dr. Rory A. Cooper holds several prestigious positions including Associate Dean for Inclusion and FISA & Paralyzed Veterans of America Distinguished Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the Founding Director and the VA Senior Research Career Scientist at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories. He holds an adjunct professorship at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University and is also a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. A prolific writer, he has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and three books, including the award- winning Care of the Combat Amputee. He has over 25 patents awarded or pending. Dr. Cooper?s students have been the recipients of over 50 national and international awards. A Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and other scholarly organizations, he is the recipient of the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. Dr. Cooper has served on federal advisory committees in the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services. Currently a member of the National Academy of Medicine?s Committee on Assistive Products and Devices, Dr. Cooper has improved the lives of Veterans through technology. An Army Veteran with a spinal cord injury, he won a bronze medal in Paralympic Games in Seoul, South Korea in 1988. 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To accommodate remote attendees and guest speakers that may be on > the west coast, we are also moving to a new time: 2-3pm on Thursdays. We > hope you can join us! > > To kick this off, we are starting the semester with Dr. Rory Cooper from > the Human Engineering Research Laboratories > (HERL) here in Pittsburgh. HERL is affiliated with Pitt and part of the US > Veterans Affairs (VA) and is known for their work on designing wheelchairs > and robotics for people with disabilities. Dr. Cooper is an Associate Dean > at University of Pittsburgh and the Director of HERL and will be joining us > to give us an overview of their work and discuss the design of > accessibility technology with us! > > *As we are not asking you to read anything for next week, please take a > minute to read Dr. Cooper's bio and write down one question you might ask > in next week's seminar!* > > *Bio: *Rory A. Cooper, PhD > > FISA/PVA Distinguished Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation > Science and Technology University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA > Associate Dean for Inclusion, School of Health and Rehabilitation > Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Founding Director of the Human > Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, > Pittsburgh PA > > Dr. Rory A. Cooper holds several prestigious positions including Associate > Dean for Inclusion and FISA & Paralyzed Veterans of America Distinguished > Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology and Orthopedic Surgery > at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the Founding Director and the > VA Senior Research Career Scientist at the Human Engineering Research > Laboratories. He holds an adjunct professorship at the Robotics Institute > of Carnegie Mellon University and is also a Professor of Physical Medicine > and Rehabilitation at the Uniformed Services University of the Health > Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. > > A prolific writer, he has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and > three books, including the award- winning Care of the Combat Amputee. He > has over 25 patents awarded or pending. Dr. Cooper?s students have been the > recipients of over 50 national and international awards. A Fellow of the > National Academy of Inventors and other scholarly organizations, he is the > recipient of the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. > > Dr. Cooper has served on federal advisory committees in the Departments of > Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services. Currently a > member of the National Academy of Medicine?s Committee on Assistive > Products and Devices, Dr. Cooper has improved the lives of Veterans through > technology. An Army Veteran with a spinal cord injury, he won a bronze > medal in Paralympic Games in Seoul, South Korea in 1988. > > Dr. Cooper holds B.S. and M.Eng degrees in electrical engineering from > California Polytechnic State University, a PhD in electrical and computer > engineering with a concentration in bioengineering from the University of > California at Santa Barbara, and an Honorary Doctorate from Xi?an Jiatong > University in China. > [Image Alt Text: Dr. Rory Cooper posing for a picture with a smile. He has > light color skin, short brown hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a white > collared shirt, red and blue tie, and black suit jacket with a red and gold > lapel pin.] > _______________________________________________ > Accessibility-lunch mailing list > Accessibility-lunch at lists.andrew.cmu.edu > https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-lunch > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cbennet2 at andrew.cmu.edu Thu Aug 27 10:05:09 2020 From: cbennet2 at andrew.cmu.edu (Cynthia Bennett) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:05:09 +0000 Subject: [Access Lunch] Conversation with Dr. Rory Cooper of HERL | Thursday, August 27 at 2pm In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <454e46d8715346a784a2dfc554f0bcb6@andrew.cmu.edu> Hi Everyone, In preparation for today?s discussion with Dr. Rory Cooper, here is the link, in case you don?t have it. https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700#success Cynthia L. Bennett Pronouns: she/her Twitter LinkedIn Google Scholar From: Accessibility-lunch On Behalf Of Cole Gleason Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 9:51 PM To: accessibility-lunch at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Subject: [Access Lunch] Conversation with Dr. Rory Cooper of HERL | Thursday, August 27 at 2pm Hi everyone! Next Thursday we will be changing the Accessibility Seminar to a new format for the Fall semester. We will seek to have guests join us for either a talk or informal discussion, instead of focusing on reading papers. To accommodate remote attendees and guest speakers that may be on the west coast, we are also moving to a new time: 2-3pm on Thursdays. We hope you can join us! To kick this off, we are starting the semester with Dr. Rory Cooper from the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) here in Pittsburgh. HERL is affiliated with Pitt and part of the US Veterans Affairs (VA) and is known for their work on designing wheelchairs and robotics for people with disabilities. Dr. Cooper is an Associate Dean at University of Pittsburgh and the Director of HERL and will be joining us to give us an overview of their work and discuss the design of accessibility technology with us! As we are not asking you to read anything for next week, please take a minute to read Dr. Cooper's bio and write down one question you might ask in next week's seminar! Bio: Rory A. Cooper, PhD FISA/PVA Distinguished Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA Associate Dean for Inclusion, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Founding Director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh PA Dr. Rory A. Cooper holds several prestigious positions including Associate Dean for Inclusion and FISA & Paralyzed Veterans of America Distinguished Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the Founding Director and the VA Senior Research Career Scientist at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories. He holds an adjunct professorship at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University and is also a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. A prolific writer, he has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and three books, including the award- winning Care of the Combat Amputee. He has over 25 patents awarded or pending. Dr. Cooper?s students have been the recipients of over 50 national and international awards. A Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and other scholarly organizations, he is the recipient of the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. Dr. Cooper has served on federal advisory committees in the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services. Currently a member of the National Academy of Medicine?s Committee on Assistive Products and Devices, Dr. Cooper has improved the lives of Veterans through technology. An Army Veteran with a spinal cord injury, he won a bronze medal in Paralympic Games in Seoul, South Korea in 1988. Dr. Cooper holds B.S. and M.Eng degrees in electrical engineering from California Polytechnic State University, a PhD in electrical and computer engineering with a concentration in bioengineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and an Honorary Doctorate from Xi?an Jiatong University in China. [Image Alt Text: Dr. Rory Cooper posing for a picture with a smile. 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If you instead would like me to ask it, reply to this email with your questions!* Cole On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 10:05 AM Cynthia Bennett wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > > > In preparation for today?s discussion with Dr. Rory Cooper, here is the > link, in case you don?t have it. > > https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700#success > > > > Cynthia L. Bennett > > Pronouns: she/her > > > > Twitter > > > > LinkedIn > > > > Google Scholar > > > > > *From:* Accessibility-lunch andrew.cmu.edu at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Cole Gleason > *Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2020 9:51 PM > *To:* accessibility-lunch at lists.andrew.cmu.edu > *Subject:* [Access Lunch] Conversation with Dr. Rory Cooper of HERL | > Thursday, August 27 at 2pm > > > > Hi everyone! > > > > Next Thursday we will be changing the Accessibility Seminar to a new > format for the Fall semester. We will seek to have guests join us for > either a talk or informal discussion, instead of focusing on reading > papers. To accommodate remote attendees and guest speakers that may be on > the west coast, we are also moving to a new time: 2-3pm on Thursdays. We > hope you can join us! > > > > To kick this off, we are starting the semester with Dr. Rory Cooper from > the Human Engineering Research Laboratories > (HERL) here in Pittsburgh. HERL is affiliated with Pitt and part of the US > Veterans Affairs (VA) and is known for their work on designing wheelchairs > and robotics for people with disabilities. Dr. Cooper is an Associate Dean > at University of Pittsburgh and the Director of HERL and will be joining us > to give us an overview of their work and discuss the design of > accessibility technology with us! > > > > *As we are not asking you to read anything for next week, please take a > minute to read Dr. Cooper's bio and write down one question you might ask > in next week's seminar!* > > > > *Bio: Rory A. Cooper, PhD* > > > *FISA/PVA Distinguished Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation > Science and Technology University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA Associate > Dean for Inclusion, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, > University of Pittsburgh Founding Director of the Human Engineering > Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh PA * > > Dr. Rory A. Cooper holds several prestigious positions including Associate > Dean for Inclusion and FISA & Paralyzed Veterans of America Distinguished > Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology and Orthopedic Surgery > at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the Founding Director and the > VA Senior Research Career Scientist at the Human Engineering Research > Laboratories. He holds an adjunct professorship at the Robotics Institute > of Carnegie Mellon University and is also a Professor of Physical Medicine > and Rehabilitation at the Uniformed Services University of the Health > Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. > > A prolific writer, he has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and > three books, including the award- winning *Care of the Combat Amputee*. > He has over 25 patents awarded or pending. Dr. Cooper?s students have been > the recipients of over 50 national and international awards. A Fellow of > the National Academy of Inventors and other scholarly organizations, he is > the recipient of the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service > Medal. > > Dr. Cooper has served on federal advisory committees in the Departments of > Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services. Currently a > member of the National Academy of Medicine?s Committee on Assistive > Products and Devices, Dr. Cooper has improved the lives of Veterans through > technology. An Army Veteran with a spinal cord injury, he won a bronze > medal in Paralympic Games in Seoul, South Korea in 1988. > > Dr. Cooper holds B.S. and M.Eng degrees in electrical engineering from > California Polytechnic State University, a PhD in electrical and computer > engineering with a concentration in bioengineering from the University of > California at Santa Barbara, and an Honorary Doctorate from Xi?an Jiatong > University in China. > > [Image Alt Text: Dr. Rory Cooper posing for a picture with a smile. He has > light color skin, short brown hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a white > collared shirt, red and blue tie, and black suit jacket with a red and gold > lapel pin.] > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cbennet2 at andrew.cmu.edu Mon Aug 31 12:15:08 2020 From: cbennet2 at andrew.cmu.edu (Cynthia Bennett) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:15:08 +0000 Subject: [Access Lunch] Panel on Universal Design for Learning, Thu 9/3 2 P ET Message-ID: Hi Everyone, HCII's Accessibility Seminar is excited to welcome a panel of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) experts this week! We especially encourage all instructors to attend to learn accessible teaching techniques. COVID has quickly transformed how education is delivered and has amplified the need for accessibility to be built into our practices and pedagogies. However, even pre-pandemic, research has shown that most students who need them do not request accommodations, but thoughtfully practiced UDL can decrease the burden of making specialized requests and improve all students' experiences in the classroom. If resources are proliferating, getting started with UDL can be difficult. These experts will provide an overview of UDL and offer suggestions for how you can make your instruction more accessible for everyone. * When: Thursday, September 3 from 2 to 3 PM Eastern Time. * Where: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700#success Please invite your colleagues! But please do not post this link publicly. Panelist Bios Brianna Blaser is a Counselor/Coordinator at DO-IT Center at the University of Washington (UW), where she works to increase the participation of people with disabilities in STEM education and careers. As project manager for the National Science Foundation-funded projects AccessComputing and AccessCSforAll, much of her work focuses on computing education and careers. Brianna advises and mentors students and works with faculty, employers, and other stakeholders to create institutional change. Previously, Brianna was Project Director of Outreach for AAAS where she developed career and professional development workshops. Brianna earned a BS in math and psychology from Carnegie Mellon and a PhD in Women's Studies at UW with a focus on women in STEM. Meg Ray is a freelance computer science (CS) education consultant and researcher and adjunct professor of education. Her goal is to equip teachers at all levels to grow their equitable teaching practices, especially related to Universal Design for Learning. She acts as a coach developer in her advisory role for K-12 Education at Cornell Tech, where she was the founding Teacher in Residence. She teaches CS education methods courses at NYU and is consulting on the development of a new NSF-supported, dual-license special education & computer science masters of education program there. She teaches online special education courses at Hunter where she models a UDL approach to higher education courses. Meg's research focus is on teacher development and infusing UDL into CS education. She is working to develop clinical digital simulation scenarios focused on equity issues in the classroom as a second year ASPIRE CS-AI Fellow through MIT's Teaching Systems Lab and Carnegie Mellon. Meg has worked on national and state standards for computer science education. she is a Python Software Foundation grantee for Python in education and the author of the intro to programming book Code this Game! Sara Schley is Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Director at the Research Center for Teaching and Learning at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and an award-winning post-secondary teacher. She researches and trains faculty to implement Universal Design for Learning and Deaf education into their pedagogy and practice. She centers Deaf and disabled student perspectives in her evaluations of pedagogy and also works to raise participation of Deaf and disabled scholars in the academy. We look forward to welcoming you to this informative panel! 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URL: From cbennet2 at andrew.cmu.edu Mon Sep 28 20:37:51 2020 From: cbennet2 at andrew.cmu.edu (Cynthia Bennett) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:37:51 +0000 Subject: [Access Lunch] Panel on Nonvisual Soldering and Community Engagement During Research: Thu, 10/1 2-3 P ET Message-ID: <5166da0f3e8d49bc8470c53f52267b24@andrew.cmu.edu> Hello Everyone, At Accessibility Seminar this week, we'll welcome a wonderful panel of speakers to present on nonvisual soldering and engaging community members in making and research. Many design and fabrication activities, such as soldering, are often not accessible. For example, an instructor may assume that their student will use vision to read electronics schematics, to attach components to circuit boards, to heat and apply solder, and to evaluate their connections. Additionally, many researchers struggle to meaningfully connect and benefit the communities we seek to work with. As such, we invited a panel with combined expertise in nonvisual making and instruction, HCI research, and lived experience as blind people, who facilitated a nonvisual soldering workshop with blind community members as part of ongoing research to increase the nonvisual accessibility of fabrication activities. Panelists will share how they built rapport across a nonvisual maker community and an academic research lab, and how their relationships have cultivated mutual respect and multiple skill building opportunities for blind people, including the soldering workshop about which specifics will also be discussed during the Accessibility Seminar. * When: Thursday, October 1 from 2 to 3 PM Eastern Time. * Where: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700#success Do invite your colleagues from inside and outside of the Carnegie Mellon University community. However, please do not post the join link publicly. Prior to Accessibility Seminar, we ask that you read this brief piece by panelist Josh Miele called, Blind Eye for the Sighted Guy. Panelist Bios Chancey Fleet Chancey Fleet is an Assistive Technology Coordinator at the New York Public Library and an Affiliate-in-Residence at Data & Society. She manages numerous projects to train and educate blind and ally community members in nonvisual accessibility. For example, the Dimensions project she oversees teaches nonvisual methods for creating and producing tactile and 3d media. You can read about this and other projects on her blog archive, in this feature article, and from this keynote speech transcript. Along with commentary on contemporary issues in accessibility research and development, Chancey tweets invitations to numerous virtual accessibility workshops she co-facilitates. Josh Miele Josh Miele is a blind maker hobbyist, accessibility researcher professionally, and physicist by training. He has decades of experience tinkering, translating instructions into nonvisually accessible formats, and coalescing and teaching blind makers. He manages the Blind Arduino Blog and prior, he helped to bring The Technical File, a nonvisual-centered circuitry and making periodical online, which features many of the formative nonvisual making and electronics techniques Josh and others teach blind people today. Apart from the prereading and keynoting the 2017 Interaction Design and Children conference, Josh has contributed to numerous peer reviewed publications. You can also read a feature on his life here, and follow him on Twitter. Lauren Race Lauren Race is an inclusive designer and accessibility researcher. She is a Fellow at New York University's Ability Project, housed in the Interactive Telecommunications Program and Occupational Therapy department. She has published pages on accessibility tools for physical computing, including detailed documentation of the nonvisual soldering workshop panelists will overview during Accessibility Seminar. You can follow her on Twitter. Cynthia L. Bennett Pronouns: she/her Twitter LinkedIn Google Scholar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kmwillia at andrew.cmu.edu Tue Sep 29 16:58:49 2020 From: kmwillia at andrew.cmu.edu (Kristin Williams) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:58:49 -0400 Subject: [Access Lunch] Fwd: BlackDisabledLivesMatter October 5, 2020 5-6:30pm Zoom Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please distribute widely. Thank you. [image: FINAL_BDLM-F20_Screen (1).jpg] BlackDisabledLivesMatter October 5, 2020 5-6:30pm Zoom Meeting On October 5th, The University of Maryland will host of panel of experts and activists whose work centers the intersection of race and disability. During the recent surge of activism by Black Lives Matter, Black people with disabilities have insisted that there is no justice without disability inclusion. We will host disabled activists from the #BlackDisabledLivesMatter movement to discuss the re-framing of diversity, equity and inclusion that accompanies thinking from the complexities of race and disability. Our panel includes a recent UMD Smith School grad who will reflect on his experience as a Black disabled individual. - Keri Gray?s work centers on exploring the impact of race, gender, and disability as Black young professionals mature and transition into their careers. https://withkeri.com/ - ?Decolonizing Dreams: A conversation on leadership and wellness? - Keri will be our featured speaker and will speak for 20 minutes. - Jen White-Johnson, Assistant Professor, Bowie State University - ?Combating Internalized Ableism in Academia: An AfroLatinx Design professor?s anthem to her disabled design students? - Professor White-Johnson, Art Activist. Designer. Educator, designed the graphic image that dominates the iconography of #BlackDisabledLivesMatter. https://jenwhitejohnson.com/Black-Disabled-Lives-Matter-Mural-Project - Amiralah Nesru, Technology Risk Consultant, EY - UMD Smith School alumnus ? Class of May 2019 - Jen and Amiralah will each speak for 12 minutes. - We will invite comments and questions for the remaining 45 minutes. Zoom Meeting Link provided upon registration at https://careers.umd.edu/event/blackdisabledlivesmatter -- Thank you. *Nancy Forsythe, MA, EdS.* *University Career Center & The President's Promise* *Faculty Specialist**/Disability Inclusion* *Career Development Specialist* *@AbilityUMD #fearlessinclusion* 3100 Hornbake Library, South Wing 4130 Campus Drive College Park, MD 20742 | nforsyt2 @umd.edu 301-314-1370 @UMDCareerCenter | www.careers.umd.edu *CAREER the Turtle?because S**UCC**ESS starts here.* -- *Beth Domingo* |* HCIL Coordinator* University of Maryland | Human Computer Interaction Lab bdomingo at umd.edu | hcil.umd.edu _______________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE: send email to hcil-leave at cs.umd.edu (The subject and body of that message will be ignored, so it doesn't matter what you put there) QUESTIONS about HCIL or this list, contact hcil-info at cs.umd.edu. https://mailman.cs.umd.edu/mailman/listinfo/hcil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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