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Teach Access: Bridging the Gap Between Accessibility and Education

Teach Access is a non-profit organization collaborating with education, industry and disability advocacy organizations to address the critical need to enhance students’ understanding of digital accessibility as they learn to design, develop and build new technologies with the needs of people with disabilities in mind. During this session, Teach Access will share how they are […]

The Evolution of Accessibility in Math-Intense Engineering Courses

The STEM pipeline can be a turbulent and lonely path for under-represented students, particularly those with disabilities. In spite of DEI efforts aimed at equitable access, disabled STEM professionals continue to be underrepresented in postsecondary degrees awarded and have higher unemployment and underemployment rates than their non-disabled colleagues (US Dept of Labor, 2023). Instructional Designers and Faculty play an […]

Heuristics of neurodesign: boost user joy, action and ease

Neurodesign is an emerging field of design practice that accounts for how our brains are wired to create designs that promote simplicity, emote joy and drive action. Since humans are visually dominant, how we perceive and attend visual stimuli should be of particular interest to user experience (UX) designers. This is why nuerodesign is important. To […]