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Profiles of Students with Disabilities in Computing Fields

Profiles of Students with Disabilities in Computing Fields. Richard Ladner University of Washington. Message. Computing fields need more people with disabilities They are underrepresented Their expertise and perspectives spark innovation. Choose Computing Profiles. Vincent. Blind

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Profiles of Students with Disabilities in Computing Fields

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  1. Profiles of Students with Disabilities in Computing Fields Richard Ladner University of Washington

  2. Message • Computing fields need more people with disabilities • They are underrepresented • Their expertise and perspectives spark innovation

  3. Choose Computing Profiles

  4. Vincent • Blind • PhD student in HCI • Georgia Tech • Sonification Research • VP for the Georgia Radio Reading Service

  5. Samuel • Deaf • IT major • Rochester Institute of Technology • CEO DeafTechNews LLC • Founder of DeafCEOs.org

  6. Kavita • Mobility • PhD student in CS • U. of Maryland, Baltimore County • Human Robot Interaction • Several publications

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

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

  9. Nicole • Blind • Google developer • Stanford CS degree • Invented Nemetex

  10. Message • Computing fields need more people like these • They are underrepresented • Their expertise and perspectives spark innovation

  11. What can you do?

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