Participate

The Taskar Center for Accessible Technology engages communities of practice. There are multiple avenues to getting involved- Sign up to our newsletter for upcoming opportunities!

Students

Students join our research teams, perform special projects, engage in service learning opportunities or take the accessibility capstone course.

Image from a toy hackathon at a makerspace where people are gathered to modify toys to make them switch accessible.

Courses
- Accessibility Capstone
Seattle Design Festival
Annual Toy Hackathon
Annual Open The Paths Conference
Mapathons
Class Mapping Challenges
Ongoing Research

Civic

TCAT works with researchers and industry partners as translation consulting groups. We identify best paths for accessible technology deployments.

Panelists speaking at Open The Paths 2023

Advisory Meetings
Mapathons
Team Mapping Challenges
Annual Toy Hackathon
Annual Open The Paths Conference
Ongoing Research

Community Members

All our projects involve participatory design, working with people with disabilities, caregivers, therapists, practitioners, and needs experts.

Play Group theme was "trains" in December 2016.

Advisory Meetings
Mapathons
Team Mapping Challenges
Annual Toy Hackathon
Ongoing Research
Seattle Design Festival
Accessibility Capstone Needs Experts
Universal playgroups