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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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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