message computing fields need more people with disabilities – they are underrepresented – their...

Profiles of Students with Disabilities in Computing Fields

Richard LadnerUniversity of Washington

Message

• Computing fields need more people with disabilities– They are underrepresented– Their expertise and perspectives spark

innovation

Choose Computing Profiles

4

Vincent• Blind• PhD student in HCI• Georgia Tech• Sonification Research• VP for the Georgia

Radio Reading Service

Samuel

• Deaf• IT major• Rochester Institute of

Technology• CEO DeafTechNews LLC• Founder of

DeafCEOs.org

Kavita

• Mobility• PhD student in CS• U. of Maryland,

Baltimore County• Human Robot

Interaction• Several publications

Lewis

• Bipolar• PhD student in CS• U. of South Carolina• Quantum Computing

John

• Mobility • PhD student in HCDE• U. Washington • NSF Graduate Fellow• Just published his first

paper

Nicole

• Blind• Google developer• Stanford CS degree• Invented Nemetex

Message

• Computing fields need more people like these– They are underrepresented– Their expertise and perspectives spark

innovation

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