Current Projects

Completed toys from 2019 Microsoft Day of Caring Hackathon arranged on a table

Pacific Northwest Adaptive Technology Library

Our mission is to provide free and easy access to accessible tools…

Map of the U.S. with counties in Washington, Oregon, and Maryland highlighted in shades of blue.

Transportation Data Equity Initiative

Transportation equity ensures that all people have access to affordable and convenient…

AccessMap Multimodal

AccessMap Multimodal

Personalized Routes, Seamless Navigation Sidewalks are the vital threads linking us to…

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OpenSidewalks

Pedestrians have a wide variety of needs and preferences. For example, a…

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Universal Collaborative Play

Play is for everyone! The Universal Playgroup creates opportunities for team play…

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iDesign Lab

iDesign Lab engages a community of practice in open source technology design,…

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Gesture Learning

Apple products use the same gesture vocabulary for input. Certainly, unifying gestures…

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The TACcess DIY Switch Accessibility Kit

The TACcess Kit is designed as an easy-to-use starter kit for a…

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Next Gen Augmentative Communication

Augmentative communication devices are traditionally speech generating devices through which the actor…

Tactile MapTile employs a unique tactile based representation of various features in a map to enhance the spatial understanding for people with broad visual capacities. Each feature is represented by a differet texture and pattern tactile design. Users can generate and customize a 3D map model based on their choice of location, and which features to include.

Tactile MapTile

Tactile MapTile employs a unique tactile based representation of various features in…

The smart and connected wheelchair. The image3D model of a power wheelchair with iconography of a wireless wave surrounding it. On the right arm support is an icon of GPS location, on the left arm support are icons of wireless emissions from an on-board tablet and icon of messaging sending out from the chair.

Autonomous Wheelchair

We are designing a smart and connected power wheelchair add-on kit that…

Digital drawing displaying a dark figure of a man who uses a wheelchair and wearing an XR headset. The background has mountains in a sunset of surreal lavender and orange coloring.

FleXR

FleXR aims to allow anyone with their own custom input systems to…