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Profiles of Students with Disabilities in Computing Fields
Richard LadnerUniversity of Washington
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Message
• Computing fields need more people with disabilities– They are underrepresented– Their expertise and perspectives spark
innovation
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Choose Computing Profiles
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Vincent• Blind• PhD student in HCI• Georgia Tech• Sonification Research• VP for the Georgia
Radio Reading Service
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Samuel
• Deaf• IT major• Rochester Institute of
Technology• CEO DeafTechNews LLC• Founder of
DeafCEOs.org
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Kavita
• Mobility• PhD student in CS• U. of Maryland,
Baltimore County• Human Robot
Interaction• Several publications
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Lewis
• Bipolar• PhD student in CS• U. of South Carolina• Quantum Computing
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John
• Mobility • PhD student in HCDE• U. Washington • NSF Graduate Fellow• Just published his first
paper
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Nicole
• Blind• Google developer• Stanford CS degree• Invented Nemetex
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Message
• Computing fields need more people like these– They are underrepresented– Their expertise and perspectives spark
innovation
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