Welcome to the Make4All Group. We create general solutions that empower people with disabilities to accomplish their goals, including programming, physical computing, sports, and more. Our group applies technologies such as 3D printing, knitting and other fabrication technologies to improving inclusion in and accessibility of our digital future.
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- When Accessibility and Learning Are Given Equal Weight
Last year, I wrote about my efforts to design an accessibility course that centers disabled voices. This fall was the first offering of that course at the undergraduate level. Every decision we made about the course was made with accessibility as the most important priority, on equal footing with the goal of educating students. The …
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- A guide to short-term leaves (in U.S. Universities)
One of the many things we don’t talk about much in academia is the variety of short-term leaves available, when to use them, and how to navigate them. Short-term leaves serve a variety of purposes and yet many of us know little about them or feel as though some of them are more prestigious, and …
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- Accessibility Course: Centering Disabled Voices
Over the last six months, I led a team of students* in (re) designing an accessibility course focused on bringing together disability studies, disability justice, and advanced technologies and settings for accessibility technologies. The course focused on three categories of learning goals: (1) Creating Accessible Media and Documents (2) Assessing and Addressing Accessibility Compliance in …
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- Bodily Autonomy, Surveillance, and Access
For people with disabilities, and many other marginalized groups, yesterday’s ruling will not stop abortions from happening. But it will force people to make impossible tradeoffs between safety, access and autonomy.
Jennifer Mankoff | University of Washington
Last year, I wrote about my efforts to design an accessibility course that centers disabled voices. This fall was the first offering of that course at the undergraduate level. Every decision we made about the course was made with accessibility as the most important priority, on equal footing with the goal of educating students. The … Continue reading When Accessibility and Learning Are Given Equal Weight
One of the many things we don’t talk about much in academia is the variety of short-term leaves available, when to use them, and how to navigate them. Short-term leaves serve a variety of purposes and yet many of us know little about them or feel as though some of them are more prestigious, and … Continue reading A guide to short-term leaves (in U.S. Universities)
Over the last six months, I led a team of students* in (re) designing an accessibility course focused on bringing together disability studies, disability justice, and advanced technologies and settings for accessibility technologies. The course focused on three categories of learning goals: (1) Creating Accessible Media and Documents (2) Assessing and Addressing Accessibility Compliance in … Continue reading Accessibility Course: Centering Disabled Voices
For people with disabilities, and many other marginalized groups, yesterday’s ruling will not stop abortions from happening. But it will force people to make impossible tradeoffs between safety, access and autonomy.