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Celebrating Diverse Talents: Students with Disabilities in Tech

Explore the profiles of inspiring students with disabilities pushing boundaries in computing fields, showcasing their innovation and expertise. Discover their remarkable stories.

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Celebrating Diverse Talents: Students with Disabilities in Tech

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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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