To all of Teach Access’ members, friends, supporters and interested parties, here is an update on what the collaboration accomplished in 2017 and a brief peek at our plans for…
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University of Washington associate professor Andy Ko wrote an excellent recap of his time at the 2018 SIGCSE conference in February, including his take on our Birds of a Feather…
Teach Access Wins Honorable Mention at FCC Chairman’s Award for Advancement in Accessibility celebration at M-Enabling Summit (Washington, DC, June 13, 2017) We were honored to be recognized by FCC chairman…
Teach Access Faculty Bootcamps have begun! Read what the University of Washington’s Andy Ko has to say about the one he recently attended: https://medium.com/bits-and-behavior/accessibility-101-an-afternoon-at-the-teachaccess-bootcamp-ee317f426022 Caption: Microsoft’s Mary Bellard leads the Teach…
Teach Access Wins Knowbility Educational Achievement Award [link to full press release]. Inscription reads: “Knowbility is pleased to recognize Teach Access for Educational Achievement for creating and promoting an initiative to include accessibility and universal design principles in college and…
Industry Guest Speakers is a program for university members of Teach Access. Ten companies have offered to visit classrooms upon request, virtually or in person, and more will be joining soon….
This summit brought together disability advocates, technology industry representatives, and Federal officials to examine approaches to ensure that the Internet of Things is accessible and that inclusive design is central to…
Tech Inclusion SF (October 26, 2106) The video features Larry Goldberg (Yahoo), Ted Drake (Intuit), Amy Chen (Adobe), Mike Shebanek (Yahoo), Laura Palmaro (Google) and Jeff Wieland (Facebook)
On April 20 and 21, 2016, many members of the Teach Access initiative met at Yahoo’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA for its first in-person workshop. We had more than 40 participants, representing technical leadership across the tech industry,…
VOA Techtonics, July 31, 2015: People With Disabilities Still an Afterthought in Tech Design, by Aida Aki.
