As researchers at the forefront of accessible technology, CREATE leaders are called to advise policy and are eager to share their education, experience, and perspectives regarding the needs of and resources for people living with disabilities.
APRIL 5 – May 1
Disability Allyship 26-Day Challenge!
Starting April 5, spend 5-20 minutes/day expanding your knowledge of ableism and your perspective of disability. 26 days to mirror the take-over of a federal building in San Francisco by disability activists demanding Section 504 be signed into law. Then, on May 8, join an online forum to discuss the Challenge and how to move forward with allyship.
Recent policy and advocacy news
Three Myths and Three Actions: “Accommodating” Disabled Students
February 29, 2024 Excerpted from the Winter 2024 Allen School DEIA newsletter article contributed by CREATE Ph.D. students Kelly Avery Mack and Ather Sharif, with Lucille Njoo. Completing graduate school is difficult for any student, but it’s especially difficult when you’re trying to learn at an institution that isn’t built for you. Students with disabilities…
Alice Wong and Patty Berne: Two UW lectures moderated by CREATE researchers
Winter 2024 quarter kicked off with two outstanding conversations with women of color who are leaders in disability justice. Alice Wong: Raising the visibility of disabled people First, Alice Wong discussed topics important to her work in raising the visibility of disabled people. Wong’s book Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life was the topic of…
Recommended Reading: Parenting with a Disability
October 16, 2023 Two recent publications address unnecessary challenges faced by parents with disabilities and how those challenges are made extraordinary by a legal system that is not protecting parents or their children. Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children The National Council on Disability report finds that roughly…
Research at the Intersection of Race, Disability and Accessibility
October 13, 2023 What are the opportunities for research to engage the intersection of race and disability? What is the value of considering how constructs of race and disability work alongside each other within accessibility research studies? Two CREATE Ph.D. students have explored these questions and found little focus on this intersection within accessibility research.…
CREATE's Response to Proposed Update to Section 504 for Medical, Health
Updated November 30, 2023 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights published a proposed update to the HHS regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits disability discrimination by recipients of federal funding. CREATE’s official response, in collaboration with peer researchers, is posted on the Regulations.gov…