In a year marked by resilience and commitment to social justice, the Seattle Commission for Civil Rights bestowed a significant honor upon the founder and director of the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology. At the close of 2023, the center’s…
AccessMap Multimodal
Personalized Routes, Seamless Navigation Sidewalks are the vital threads linking us to travel options, but they come with challenges. AccessMap.app bridges gaps by providing detailed info on pedestrian paths, transit stations, elevation changes, curb ramps, and more. Tailor routes to…
DesignForAmerica
“How might we build trust in the workplace?” DFA Our Seattle Design Festival team has been hard at work researching and designing an installation that tackles this question, which will be presented at the Seattle Design Festival Block Party in September.…
Provail Therapy Center
PROVAIL’s Mobility & Communications services enable children and adults with disabilities or injuries to maximize their performance and productivity at home, work, school, and in leisure activities. See their website here.
OpenSidewalks
Pedestrians have a wide variety of needs and preferences. For example, a given wheelchair user may need to avoid steep hills whereas another will attempt any hill. Therefore, data on pedestrian spaces must be detailed and specific: instead of labeling…
Universal Collaborative Play
Play is for everyone! The Universal Playgroup creates opportunities for team play and access to open-source inclusive design for all. The Universal Playgroup started as a re-imagining of a work and play space that is intended for all abilities. An…
iDesign Lab
iDesign Lab engages a community of practice in open source technology design, build, and use. We engage communities of practice in collaborative design aiming to increase access to everyday technologies through community ideation and development of ability-focused novel interfaces, the…
Gesture Learning
Apple products use the same gesture vocabulary for input. Certainly, unifying gestures across devices helps their adoption. However, in the context of a population with hugely variable abilities, achieving broad or general impact requires the adaptation or customization of input…
The TACcess DIY Switch Accessibility Kit
The TACcess Kit is designed as an easy-to-use starter kit for a wide range of accessibility projects focusing on the home as a sandbox for interactive switch-accessible play. Kit recipients can use the TACcess Kit to turn many battery-operated toys…
Next Gen Augmentative Communication
Augmentative communication devices are traditionally speech generating devices through which the actor uses input devices to construct speech. These devices are typically devoid of any context related to a user’s position, geographical location, scene understanding, etc. With the recent additions…