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Hi, everyone.

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Thanks for joining us.

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I'm excited about
this webinar today.

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So for those of you I don't
know, my name's Brianna Blaser.

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I work with the DO-IT Center
here at the University

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of Washington.

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And through our
Adept Project, we

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are running a series
of webinars related

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to thinking about
accessibility, disability,

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and universal design
and engineering.

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I think this is the fifth
one we've done in the series,

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and we're working on
getting them all online.

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So I'll be sharing
those broadly,

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once they are posted online
with captions, and accessible,

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and all that nice stuff.

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Today we're going to talk about
a bunch of different activities

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happening on the UW
campus, and think

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about how we build community
and relationships on a campus,

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all thinking about topics
related to disability,

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and universal design
and engineering.

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And so, I'm going to pull
up the slides to share.

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There we go.

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OK.

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There you go.

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Everybody should be
able to see this.

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So I think-- oop.

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Now I have to make the
slides go with this.

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So yes, this project is funded
by the United Engineering

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Foundation, which seeks to
advanced engineering, arts,

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and sciences for the
welfare of humanity.

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So in addition to
these webinars,

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we have a community
practice, and we'll

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be writing some resources
for our website, as well.

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If you're interested in getting
more information about that,

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please shoot us an email.

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Do it at UW.edu.

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You can get on our Community
of Practice email list

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and get more information
about activities.

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I'll also mention that I'm going
to be sending out an evaluation

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after the webinar today.

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And I invite you to
please fill that out

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so we can report
how we're doing.

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So again, we have four
panelists here from UW.

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Kat Steele from
Mechanical Engineering,

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Allyssa Taylor from
Bioengineering,

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Dianne Hendricks from Human
Centered Design & Engineering,

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and Molly Mollica
from Bioengineering.

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And I will let them introduce
themselves a little bit more.

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So what we're going
to be doing is

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listening to a series
of short presentations.

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And then we'll have
some time for Q and A.

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I invite you to
think about questions

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you might want to ask.

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And when we're done, you
can ask them in the chat box

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or unmute yourself and ask
them, if you would like to.

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So I'm going to
turn it over to Kat.

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That's your first slide?

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Um-hmm.

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OK.

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Hi, everyone.

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I see a lot of
familiar names on here.

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But I'm Kat Steele, and
I'm a professor here

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in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering.

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And so it's great to see you
all and talk about accessibility

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across campus.

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Today we've really
kind of put together

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a mixed grab bag of
the different programs

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and initiatives that we've
been trying to do here

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at UW to support ourselves, and
our students, and our community

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as a whole for incorporating
more accessibility,

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both within our departments,
as well as in our classrooms.

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So today, I'm going to
start by talking about one

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of our programs,
AccessEngineering, which is

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a program that has two goals.

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One is to support and encourage
individuals with disabilities

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to pursue careers
in engineering,

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as well as to train all
engineers in the principles

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of universal design.

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And as well, it's linked
at the Adept website,

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but you can also find all the
resources and other things

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I'm going to be talking about on
the AccessEngineering website.

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So today, Brianna had asked
us to talk about accessibility

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across campus.

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And so I'm going to focus
on accessible spaces.

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How do we create
inclusive environments

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where students can
learn and create,

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with a special eye
towards engineering.

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Universal design
in the curriculum--

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what have we been doing to
look at how we can creatively

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train all engineers in the
principals of universal design

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and accessibility?

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And that's where
Alyssa will also

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share some of her kind
of frontline experiences

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in bioengineering, implementing
some of these processes.

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And then also, looking
at student clubs

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and organizations, and
this question of how do

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we give students
the opportunities

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to flex their engineering and
leadership skills, while also

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addressing important challenges
related to accessibility.

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And so, in particular,
Dianne and Molly

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will share some of
their experiences

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with Husky Adapt, which is the
student organization, as well

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as a class on campus focused
on accessible design.

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All right.

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So I'm going to start off
with accessible spaces.

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That's one that we've
spent a lot of time

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with AccessEngineering.

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And in particular today,
just for the fun of it,

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I'm going to focus in on
Makerspaces because one,

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I love Makerspaces,
but also because I

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think they're important for both
engineering and accessibility.

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As engineers, it's not
only for our students

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a great source of
hands-on learning,

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but just gives a place where
you can create and think

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with your hands, and not just
in the virtual environment.

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And then for
accessibility, we've

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really seen across many
different projects,

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such as the Enable
Foundation, how

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it can allow
customization and access

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to tools, both within
schools, libraries,

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and other communities.

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And so, one of
our questions was,

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how do we help to make all
these Makerspaces, which

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are appearing around the
community, more accessible?

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And so in particular, we
focused on one Makerspace at UW

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just getting built
and constructed.

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And this was a
few years ago now.

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And our strategy was
really to, first of all,

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get into the space,
engage the community.

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So the people from the
Makerspace, local individuals

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with disabilities, students,
and have them participate

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in meaningful design activities
within the Makerspace,

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to help us understand the
accessibility of the space.

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And then we reflected,
and importantly, also

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offered solutions.

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And I think this is a strategy
that you can use no matter what

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the space you're looking at.

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But I think this is
just a nice example,

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that it doesn't take a
lot of time or effort

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in order to make these
changes and proactively

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help to create accessible
and inclusive spaces.

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So in our case,
we, in particular,

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are lucky enough here
at UW to have the Do It

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Program, which welcomes
many different students

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with diverse abilities
to campus every summer,

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as they're preparing
to go to college

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and pursue higher education.

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And so, we, in
particular partnered

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with a set of these
Do It Summer Scholars,

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as well as a group
of our summer REU,

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the NSF Research Experience
for Undergraduate students,

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were they participated in
a multi-day design activity

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in the new Makerspace.

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And in particular, we used
the Stanford d.schools

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Wallet Project
Teaching Kit which,

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if you're ever looking for
a great hands-on activity,

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this project, as well as other
ones provided by Stanford,

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just have some great,
easy to deploy solutions.

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So we had groups of
students team up,

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and they were given
this challenge

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to basically create a wallet
for someone else in their group.

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And in our case, pretty
much all of our groups

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had individuals
with disabilities.

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And so, as they were
designing for each other,

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a lot of unique design
needs came across.

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And of course, we
gave them access

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to all of the different
hands-on prototyping

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materials available
in the Makerspace

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and the tools that were
there at that time.

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And so, we saw this
as an opportunity

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to not only teach these
students the principles

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of human centered
design, but also

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let them engage
with the Makerspace

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and to think about
accessibility.

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And I should also
mention that the Do It

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Summer Scholars were
lucky because they're also

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partially trained in advocacy
and universal design.

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So they knew coming
in that they were then

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going to also be asked
about how to make

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the space more accessible.

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And so, everyone kind of had
that eye on accessibility,

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as they were also participating
in these activities.

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And so, just to give you
an idea, the next day,

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everyone came back and
we did a big reflection

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on what they thought
about the space.

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And we asked them, what are
the most accessible features

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of the space?

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How might we improve the space?

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And this was really
eye-opening for us

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because we saw the different
needs of different groups.

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For example, one of our
students, who was blind,

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said it drove her crazy
that everything in the space

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was on wheels.

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While the original designers had
thought this would be wonderful

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because it gives
flexibility to the space,

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she created these
mental maps of the space

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and was constantly
frustrated when things would

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be moving to new locations.

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While on the counter side,
some of our individuals

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who used wheelchairs loved
that everything was on wheels

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because they could simply, if
something was in their way,

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push it out of the way.

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So this really showed some
of the balances we had

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to make in creating a space.

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And ultimately, working with
the faculty in the space,

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we decided to have key equipment
like 3D printers, laser

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cutters, tools, in fixed
locations that wouldn't change

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so that anyone could find
them on a day-to-day basis,

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while also having clear
aisles delineated with tape

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on the floor so that
people would know where

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the clear pathways between
key equipment was, but then

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still having a lot
of flexible furniture

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and wheeled furniture
that could be moved around

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to make the space work
for different groups.

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They also made a lot
of recommendations

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about having different
equipment easily available.

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And a lot of it was cheap.

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Things like magnifying lenses,
desk lamps for extra light,

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which I now go in there and
see a lot of people using just

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for getting their
soldering a little better,

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and also having
some quiet spaces.

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And also, in particular,
training materials

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was a really
important one, where

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they wanted to see those
in multiple formats.

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So today, I really
just wanted to give you

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a quick example of how we looked
at making accessible spaces.

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And on our website, you can
see these guidelines, including

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a checklist for how, if
you're creating a Makerspace

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or have a similar
space, you can think

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about accessibility
and universal design.

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But this is just one example.

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We did the same thing
for hands-on labs, which

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are a big part of engineering
education, everything

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from electronics labs, to
heat transfer and fluids labs,

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and mechanical engineering.

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We looked at machine shops.

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And also, just how
to make departments,

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the space itself accessible.

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And all of this similar
documentation to what I just

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showed for the Maker space
are available on the Access

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Engineering website.

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So again, just a quick thing
about accessible space.

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But as you're sitting
around your office,

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or as you're sitting around
your lab or classroom,

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one question you can
just ask yourself is,

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how accessible is your space?

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This is actually a photo of my
own lab when I first moved in.

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We inherited these
high drafting tables

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because the room used to
be the old drafting room

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in mechanical engineering.

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And while I love them,
I love the aesthetic,

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I quickly realized, when the
first person in a wheelchair

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came in, that there
was no space that they

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could work on a surface.

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And so over time,
we've proactively

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changed our space also to
have more adjustable surfaces.

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For example, now you
can get adjustable desks

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cheaply from Ikea,
as well as having

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other equipment on wheels,
like our whiteboards, to help

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make our own space
more inclusive.

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And so, it's something that you
can do over years and months,

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but it's something to always
kind of have your eye towards.

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So before I turn
it over, I'm just

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going to go over one
more piece on now,

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it's moving from spaces to
teaching and the curriculum.

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As I said, with
Access Engineering,

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our second goal
was to think about

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how do we train all engineers in
principals of universal design.

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And so, in looking at universal
design in the curriculum,

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one of our first
places to start was

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we created a Universal
Design Learning Community.

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And basically, this was just
a group of faculty, staff,

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and graduate students
from across the College

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of Engineering who said they
were curious and interested

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in helping to
incorporate accessibility

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into their classes.

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And we in particular
targeted people

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who taught the senior design
or capstone design classes,

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as we often saw those
as a natural inlet.

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But we had a group every
month of 10 to 20 people who

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would come and talk
about universal design

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in their classrooms
and curriculum.

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And examples of what we
did is, first of all,

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we started off
with just readings.

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Some examples of
things that we read

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was Design for User
Empowerment, a great article

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by Richard Ladner,
especially for those of you

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in computer science.

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As well as by Kim Bigelow
from the University of Dayton,

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some principles on how she's
integrated universal design

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into her capstone classes
at University of Dayton.

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Through the weeks, we also
had a variety of speakers.

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We looked to those from other
schools who had successfully

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implemented universal
design, such as Jered

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Dean from the Colorado
School of Mines,

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who developed a universal design
scorecard for his engineering

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teams, as well as
having people like Ken

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Yasuhara from our Center
for Engineering, Teaching

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& Learning come in and talk
to us about curriculum design.

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And then we also,
of course, went

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through different
prototypes and ideas.

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And this is examples
too, where--

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now I'll turn it over
to Alyssa, but where

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she started thinking about and
developing her bioengineering

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curriculum.

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And then also, where
we started developing

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some of the initial pieces
for the Husky Adapt design

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course, which you'll hear more
about from Dianne and Molly.

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So that's my quick introduction
to some of our activities

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here at UW.

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But now I'm going
to turn it over

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to Alyssa to share some of
what she's been working on.

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Thank you, Kat.

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Yeah, my name's Alyssa Taylor.

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I'm a lecturer in the
department of Bioengineering.

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So I teach a lot of courses,
everything from freshman

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classes to senior classes.

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And today, I'm just going to
focus, for the first part,

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on my attempts to incorporate
universal design accessibility

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into Capstone First
because, as Kat alluded to,

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it seemed the most
obvious choice.

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I was pretty motivated to
try and integrate this topic

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in my class after attending
my first Capacity Building

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Institute to Access
Engineering in 2016, which

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was long time ago.

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Doesn't seem that long ago.

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And then I joined CAPS,
a learning community,

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which was really
motivating, gave me

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some good ideas on
how to incorporate

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these concepts into my class.

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Started to bring some
of these strategies,

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and I just tried it out.

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But the first time, 2017.

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And I've been kind
of iterating on that.

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And my most recent work
that I'll touch on today

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is I've incorporated this topic
into my freshman class, as well

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now.

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I started off with
just Capstone.

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So I just want to kind of
give my overview of what

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I did for Capstone
because I think

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it was really approachable.

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And I encourage anyone
who wants to just get

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their feet wet with
just starting small.

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So I just went to
the experts first.

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Many of you know
Dr. Richard Ladner.

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I asked him to come in
and give an introduction

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to accessibility and
universal design first.

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And I think that was really a
good way just to get started.

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This was the first time that
my seniors reported they

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had heard of universal design.

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So I thought it was really
important to start off

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with someone that they're
going to acknowledge as experts

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in the field, and just really
motivate them to learn more.

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I asked them to do a
reflection after his lecture,

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asking them to think about
what topic that you heard

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about today was
the most important

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or resonated the most with you.

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And then, how did they
apply to your own life.

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And then I had them think about
these concepts in the context

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of their own Capstone projects.

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So by the time
they're seniors, I

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found that they really
want to just focus

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on their Capstone project.

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They don't want to
really do any extra--

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or what they perceive
to be extra-- work.

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And so, I thought it'd be
great if I could just somehow

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directly tie-in these concepts
to what they were already

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doing.

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So what I had them do
is really, as teams,

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examine their design concepts
that they had already come up

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with for their
Capstone solutions,

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and then just kind of look
at it through the lens

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of accessibility and
universal design.

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And start small,
but think about what

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are some changes they
could make to make it more

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universally designed.

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And to motivate them to really
think thoroughly about this,

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I required them to do
a team presentation

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because I found that if
they have to report out

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in front of their
peers, that they'll

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take it a lot more seriously.

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And so, I think this
worked really well.

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The other thing that worked
really well is, over the years,

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I've asked experts
on accessibility

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from other departments
to come in as guests.

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And actually, Brianna and Kayla
from Do It came in last spring.

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And they were asking
questions of the teams,

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providing really
insightful feedback.

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And I think that
worked really well.

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I've heard from my students
afterwards that that

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was really useful
because it just

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got them to think about
things they never had before.

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And so, I think that
was really good.

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It was like a
dynamic discussion,

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so it was really good.

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I definitely recommend that,
bringing in outside people

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when you can.

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And the students knew that
we were going to have guests,

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so I think they took it really
seriously to think about things

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ahead of time.

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It was fun, too.

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Yeah, thank you.

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We enjoyed having you there.

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In the past, we've had
professors from CSC,

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for example, other people that
have thought about these things

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more than necessarily
[INAUDIBLE] myself.

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And then, I just
thought I would include

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a representative quotation
from one of my students,

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because it really--

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when I reviewed the reflections,
it really just motivated

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me even more to keep this up.

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Because it just really
showed that they're

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engaged with this
topic, and why are they

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engaged with this topic.

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Because it's getting them
to think about things

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they never thought before, being
more thoughtful, considerate.

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And that's what we're trying
to produce as engineers, right?

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And then, this last part
of his quotation, I use--

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I cite this to my other
students because I

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thought this was really good.

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Like, I find I often
make assumptions

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about things as a designer,
based on my own abilities.

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I think that a lot of students
would agree with that.

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Like, if you were just to
ask them on the fly about,

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who are you
designing for, right?

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So I think this was
really motivating.

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I cite this to my future
students-- or like,

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my next students, so it good.

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I learned a lot the first
time I attempted this.

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The first, I think, main
one was the students

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were saying you need an earlier
introduction to this topic.

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So this was senior year.

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And then they wanted
more case studies,

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in particular these are
bioengineering student.

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So they wanted
something in addition

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to some of the common examples
that we talk about, right?

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Like the OXO kitchen tools
and things like that.

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So yeah, overall, it just really
was engaging for the students.

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I liked a lot of our
personal discussions.

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A lot of the students
were very willing to share

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their own personal experiences
with accessibility.

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So some of our students
have grown up abroad,

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and they were sharing
about accessibility issues

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they encountered.

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Maybe where they
grew up, it looks

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really different than
the US, for example.

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Or like Kat was alluding
to, about the Makerspaces,

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a lot of our
students were sharing

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about their lab
experiences because they're

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doing research in labs.

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And one of my
students was saying

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that she couldn't reach the
emergency eye was station

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because she couldn't
reach it because

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of her like physical stature.

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So just very
interesting stories.

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And then, the other
main lesson, too

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was like, when I polled my
students, the majority of them

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had never heard of
universal design before.

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So this was like really
motivating, even more,

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that OK, we've got to
do something about this.

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Yeah.

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It was great to have feedback
from experts that were there.

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And then overall, it was just
a really enjoyable addition

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to the curriculum.

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So kind of motivating
me to keep going.

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And so, one of the main
critiques from my seniors

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was, why aren't we hearing
about this earlier?

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So I said, why aren't you
hearing about this earlier?

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So I added it to my freshman
class this past autumn.

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It was like my most recent work.

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I actually worked with
two students from HCDE

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who also have ties with the
Disability Resources office

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here.

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And so, they have
a lot of experience

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with disability and
thinking about these issues.

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And so they really helped
me design a module,

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like, a three-part,
four-part module.

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I started off with just an
introductory lesson and kind

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of class discussion
on that topic,

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just introducing them to
the principals and things

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to think about in
universal design,

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asking them to reflect on
their own experiences, as well.

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And then, the next part
was really engaging.

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This was a student panel.

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Kayla Brown helped
me organize this.

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And she actually
moderated it for me.

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And she lined up a great
panel of individuals

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with disabilities.

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They talked about their
experiences with accessibility.

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As it is in
bioengineering class,

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we ask questions about, what
have been your experiences

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with health care, for example.

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Have there ever been solutions
that haven't been accessible?

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And these students shared
even some of their own work

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that they had done in design.

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So getting our students
to think about what

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are the topics related
to accessibility you

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should think about as designers.

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And this was so engaging
for the students.

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A lot of students stayed after
class to talk to our panelists.

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And so this was really--

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I think this was probably
my favorite part of it.

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And then-- oops.

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I went too far.

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[INTERPOSING VOICES]

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I skipped ahead.

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I wanted to talk about
the hands-on activity.

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That was the last
part of that triangle.

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[INAUDIBLE] Oh, did I?

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Oh, yeah.

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That was what I was
doing yesterday.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Sorry, everybody.

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I got too excited.

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Yep.

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Slide 22.

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OK.

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After they had been introduced
to the universal design

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concepts and accessibility
and we had the panel,

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I had them do some hands-on
activities in our group

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sessions.

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So the smaller part of the
class, only 25 students

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in a group.

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And they got into groups
and we assigned them--

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or actually, they got to choose
different design challenges.

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And the HCD students helped
me design them based--

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there are examples of
solutions that probably

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could be made more accessible.

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So for example, a pill splitter.

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We wrote up a
persona about someone

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that had difficulty using
their pill splitter,

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but they had to use
it all the time.

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But it's probably not the
most accessible solution

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for everybody.

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So if you have dexterity issues
or strength in your hands

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issues, for example.

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So we brought up a
persona for that.

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And then the students
were challenged

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to use really inexpensive
prototyping tools.

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So I just brought in like paper,
and string, and pipe cleaners.

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Really inexpensive
things, but challenging

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the groups to think
about modifications

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or a different way to
approach that solution

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to make it more accessible.

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And then they had to
report out on their ideas.

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So that's what [INAUDIBLE].

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I actually want more of this.

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So I'm challenged
this year to think

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about how I can have more
hands-on activities like that.

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That was probably one of their
most favorite things to do.

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And then, yeah, they
had to report out on it.

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And I think it was
really good for everyone

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to see what people came up with.

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They were pretty creative.

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So that was really fun.

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And then, I didn't really even
directly ask about this topic,

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but the response was really
positive because they cited,

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in both my mid-quarter
evaluations and end-quarter

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evaluations that this
was one of the most

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favorite modules of the course
and they really liked it.

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So I have to crunch the data
I have, evaluations also,

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but I haven't done the
numbers crunch yet.

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I'm hoping to publish this
work at ASCE next summer.

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So that should be coming.

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And I can actually look
at their evaluations.

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But just anecdotally,
they called it out

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in the evaluations, so
that was really great.

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And then, Brianna asked us
to kind of reflect on how

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does this help build community.

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And I've been
thinking about that.

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And just even in like having
this peer-to-peer discussion

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on these concepts
within class and getting

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them to engage in something
that's motivating,

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outside what they
normally think about,

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perhaps, has been really great.

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And also just seeing
their engagement

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with the guests from
the panel, for example,

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was really great to see.

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And then also, having
this in my classes

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has allowed me to tie it
into other accessibility

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opportunities on campus,
like other efforts

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that are going on.

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So in the lesson, we highlighted
HuskyADAPT, for example.

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And then other work
that's been going

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on, just on student effort
at like therapy clinics,

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for example, their
participation.

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The other thing that
I was able to cite

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was, there was initiative
through the ASUW

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last year, challenging
everyone to show solidarity

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with students who
have disabilities,

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or anybody who has disabilities
to avoid the stairs for two

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weeks.

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And you might have
seen that on campus.

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And I was able to pass it around
in class and show the flyer.

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And no one had really
heard about it.

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Maybe it wasn't on their mind
or they didn't notice it.

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And when we talked about
it, it was really cool

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because I was like,
do you guys ever think

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about how accessible campus is.

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And most of them said, no.

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We never think about that.

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So it was just a
really great way

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to highlight those other efforts
that are going on on campus.

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So it could be useful.

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And I think that's all I have.

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I'd be happy to answer
questions later.

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Fine.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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Hi.

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My name is Dianne Hendricks.

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I'm a lecturer in Human
Centered Design & Engineering.

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I want to thank
Alyssa for bringing us

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into the topic of how you
can implement accessibility

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in your classes.

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I'm going to talk about
a course that we have

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developed through Husky Adapt.

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So I'm going to talk
about first, some course

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policies and a
project-based design course.

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And then I'm going to touch a
little bit on toy adaptation

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with HuskyADAPT, but
Molly will lead the role,

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talk to you more
about HuskyADAPT

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and all the great work that
student organization is doing.

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So I know one goal of this
work is to bring accessibility

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to a wider audience,
and also to let anyone

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out there who is interested
in bringing accessibility

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into their classroom
or just learning more

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about themselves--

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you can have any
type of background

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and still engage in this work.

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So for example, my training
is in molecular biology,

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psychology, and genetics.

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And then, lo and behold, here I
am in the Human Centered Design

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and Engineering department
here at UW, and a co-founder

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of HuskyADAPT, which is
Accessible Design and Play

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Technology.

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So you don't need to have
any specific type of training

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or background to be
involved in this.

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OK.

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So I also wanted to say
that everyone can and should

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advocate for accessibility.

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Universal design is an
interdisciplinary and

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collaborative space to work in.

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You can see from all of
the backgrounds of everyone

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here on this panel,
and how we have

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talked about reaching out
to different departments

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and organizations.

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You can see it's a very
collaborative effort.

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Students are really, really
interested in accessibility.

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They find it very interesting,
as Alyssa alluded to.

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And I think one
reason that students

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are so excited about
learning about accessibility

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is because accessible
design is very impactful

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and also challenging.

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And I also wanted to
say that accessibility

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is an ethical issue.

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I really do feel there
is a moral imperative

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to make our world
accessible for all people.

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So what I have here
on this side here,

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I have a photo of one of
our HuskyADAPT students.

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This was a clinician
outreach that we did.

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So the HuskyADAPT
students actually went

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to a physical therapist,
went to a clinic.

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And we trained a
physical therapist

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on how to adapt electronic toys
for children with disabilities.

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And they could
then use this when

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working with their patients.

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They could adapt a particular
toy for a particular child,

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to help them in their therapy.

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Here's a really easy thing that
anyone interested in teaching

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and accessibility can do.

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You can just cut and
paste this from my slide.

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I don't mind.

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But I really highlight diversity
inclusion in my syllabus.

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And in fact, I make it the
very first course policy

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that I have up.

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Sometimes people will
have this kind of tacked

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on at the end of their syllabus.

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I make it front and center.

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So I just make it very
clear that we want students

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to feel safe and respected.

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We welcome people
of all backgrounds,

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specifically citing
abilities, and also citing

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visible and non-visible
differences.

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So I put this front and center.

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I actually, on the first
day, ask the students

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to look through the
syllabus and tell

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me tell me how many times the
word respect is mentioned.

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Quite a lot, is the answer.

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So I just make this front
and center when I'm teaching.

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Right after that, that
I have a disability

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accommodations paragraph.

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Again, feel free to
cut and paste this,

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if you're interested.

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But I just want to make it
clear that I want everyone

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to have access to
everything in my course.

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I also do tell
students that I want

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them to go to Disability
Resources for Students.

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And that's not
because I'm trying

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to push off the responsibility
or because I'm not

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interested in working
with students.

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It's because I want
students to go here and get

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the resources they need.

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Get the documentation
and the letters

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that they need
for other classes,

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for other faculty who may
not be as aware, or as

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willing, or interested.

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Just want to make sure that
the students are getting

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all the accommodations
that they need,

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and just make them aware
of this campus resource.

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All right.

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I'm going to talk
about our first two

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offerings of HuskyADAPT
Vertically Integrated Projects.

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That's called V-I-P. This is
an effort from the College

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of Engineering to
have courses that

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are open to students
of all majors,

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but are also open to students
anywhere from first year

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undergraduates up
until PhD students.

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And I want to just
give a shout out

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to the instructors of the
course, Kat Steele, myself,

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Heather Feldner, Anat
Caspi and George Zadicka.

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And also wanted to appreciate
our sponsorship by the Mathers

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Fund to Empower &
Improve Human Ability.

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So in the VIP course,
the HuskyADAPT course,

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we have student teams that
work with a local need expert.

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And the local need expert is
someone here in the Seattle

00:29:23.430 --> 00:29:26.700 align:middle line:84%
area who has a disability
or someone who's advocating

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:28.460 align:middle line:90%
for people with disabilities.

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And they are able to work
closely with the students

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to develop a problem statement.

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And then, we also
have the students

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engage in participatory design.

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So the students
and the need expert

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work very closely to make
sure that, as we've mentioned

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earlier, that the
students aren't designing

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something just for themselves
or something that would only

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work for people like them.

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We want them to make their
design, in particular,

00:29:52.170 --> 00:29:53.970 align:middle line:90%
accessible for this need expert.

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But we want to try to make
it accessible for everyone,

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if possible.

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So in our first
offering of the class,

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we had two projects that
I'll mention just quickly.

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You can also go to
our website to see

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a list of all the projects.

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On the left, you see a
collaborative play environment

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that was designed.

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This is a large table and it can
be rotated at different angles.

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It can be lowered or
raised to accommodate

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someone in a wheelchair,
someone in a chair,

00:30:19.530 --> 00:30:23.940 align:middle line:84%
or someone who's standing,
or younger children or older

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.870 align:middle line:90%
children.

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And then, we also have this
hand-held modular grip.

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So this was a grip that
could be attached to the hand

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and then used to grip
things such as a toothbrush

00:30:34.560 --> 00:30:36.930 align:middle line:84%
or other activities
that someone would

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use in their daily living.

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I'll talk in a little bit of
detail about a day tracker app.

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Here's a picture of the student
team, including our needs

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expert, Jayna, who's
an 11-year-old girl

00:30:48.150 --> 00:30:50.820 align:middle line:90%
with hemimegalencephaly.

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She was born with this
condition and actually,

00:30:53.040 --> 00:30:55.380 align:middle line:84%
when she was 28-days
old, because she

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:59.170 align:middle line:84%
was having severe seizures,
half of her brain was removed.

00:30:59.170 --> 00:31:02.490 align:middle line:84%
So she actually-- she
sees with one eye.

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She primarily uses one hand
for most of her activities.

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:09.420 align:middle line:84%
So what we wanted to do
is have some kind of app

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:13.320 align:middle line:84%
to keep track of task completion
in Jayna's day at school,

00:31:13.320 --> 00:31:14.960 align:middle line:84%
and also to keep
track of her emotions,

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.770 align:middle line:84%
see how Jayna is feeling
throughout the day.

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This was to address a bullying
incident, unfortunately,

00:31:20.610 --> 00:31:21.840 align:middle line:90%
that had occurred.

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So here is a prototype
of the Day Tracker app.

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:30.540 align:middle line:84%
It was a touch screen, because
Jayna is more of a touch screen

00:31:30.540 --> 00:31:34.382 align:middle line:84%
swiping person, rather than
typing with a keyboard.

00:31:34.382 --> 00:31:36.090 align:middle line:84%
And we had to make it
appropriate for use

00:31:36.090 --> 00:31:38.280 align:middle line:84%
in a middle school classroom,
and something that Jayna would

00:31:38.280 --> 00:31:40.697 align:middle line:84%
be able to use, and something
that wouldn't be distracting

00:31:40.697 --> 00:31:41.885 align:middle line:90%
for the other students.

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And this is the
platform that was

00:31:43.260 --> 00:31:47.340 align:middle line:84%
used for Jayna, her parents,
her teachers, and the aides,

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:51.720 align:middle line:84%
to communicate with each other
about how Jayna's was doing.

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The project that I worked on
this last year, our need expert

00:31:55.260 --> 00:31:56.850 align:middle line:90%
was Outdoors for All.

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That's a nationwide
organization that

00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:02.240 align:middle line:84%
makes recreational activities
accessible for everyone.

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:04.740 align:middle line:84%
In the middle, I have a picture
of the outdoor climbing wall

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:07.950 align:middle line:84%
at Magnuson Park, that
was taken here in Seattle.

00:32:07.950 --> 00:32:10.050 align:middle line:84%
And then on the right,
I'm showing the team.

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We have Alex Jones, who
is from Outdoors for All,

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:17.790 align:middle line:84%
and then the three students who
are working on this project.

00:32:17.790 --> 00:32:20.130 align:middle line:84%
We were tasked with
trying to come up

00:32:20.130 --> 00:32:23.040 align:middle line:84%
with a solution, an accessible
climbing wall for people

00:32:23.040 --> 00:32:24.850 align:middle line:90%
with cognitive disabilities.

00:32:24.850 --> 00:32:29.170 align:middle line:84%
So we were told that the
people who come to climb,

00:32:29.170 --> 00:32:31.110 align:middle line:84%
they really enjoy the
sense of community,

00:32:31.110 --> 00:32:33.810 align:middle line:84%
and they really enjoy the sense
of accomplishment they get out

00:32:33.810 --> 00:32:34.900 align:middle line:90%
of climbing.

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:38.310 align:middle line:84%
And so, we really
wanted to promote

00:32:38.310 --> 00:32:40.140 align:middle line:84%
that sense of accomplishment
and community,

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:41.970 align:middle line:84%
and also allow the
climbers to communicate

00:32:41.970 --> 00:32:43.350 align:middle line:90%
with each other visually.

00:32:43.350 --> 00:32:45.690 align:middle line:84%
So what we ended up
designing-- and we have two

00:32:45.690 --> 00:32:47.095 align:middle line:90%
prototypes here.

00:32:47.095 --> 00:32:48.720 align:middle line:84%
They're both
thermochromic, which means

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.980 align:middle line:90%
they're temperature activated.

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:53.890 align:middle line:84%
So the hold will change
color when the climber

00:32:53.890 --> 00:32:55.470 align:middle line:90%
places their hand on it.

00:32:55.470 --> 00:32:58.530 align:middle line:84%
I have one that is a 3D printed
with the thermochromic material

00:32:58.530 --> 00:32:59.370 align:middle line:90%
at the top.

00:32:59.370 --> 00:33:02.790 align:middle line:84%
And then when that is painted
with the thermochromic material

00:33:02.790 --> 00:33:04.000 align:middle line:90%
down at the bottom.

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:06.960 align:middle line:84%
So we wanted to use these
holds on the climbing wall.

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:09.840 align:middle line:84%
And that way, the
partner of who--

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:11.700 align:middle line:84%
partners who are
climbing together

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:15.510 align:middle line:84%
can quickly show each other
where they have climbed,

00:33:15.510 --> 00:33:18.270 align:middle line:84%
or perhaps map out a route
for someone to follow them.

00:33:18.270 --> 00:33:20.400 align:middle line:84%
But it really allows them
to communicate visually

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:25.260 align:middle line:84%
in a space like a climbing wall,
where things are very loud.

00:33:25.260 --> 00:33:28.360 align:middle line:84%
We wanted to have
something visual for them.

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.860 align:middle line:90%
All right.

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.860 align:middle line:90%
That's all I had to say.

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I'm going to turn it over
to Molly Mollica, who's

00:33:31.910 --> 00:33:33.660 align:middle line:84%
going to talk about
the HuskyADAPT student

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:38.954 align:middle line:84%
organization and the activities
and outreach that we do there.

00:33:38.954 --> 00:33:39.840 align:middle line:90%
Hi.

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:42.150 align:middle line:84%
Thank you, everyone,
for having me today.

00:33:42.150 --> 00:33:44.290 align:middle line:84%
As was said, my name
is Molly Mollica,

00:33:44.290 --> 00:33:46.260 align:middle line:84%
and I'm a graduate
student in Bioengineering

00:33:46.260 --> 00:33:50.010 align:middle line:84%
and one of the many student
leaders of HuskyADAPT.

00:33:50.010 --> 00:33:52.950 align:middle line:84%
HuskyADAPT is an acronym
for Accessible Design

00:33:52.950 --> 00:33:54.680 align:middle line:90%
And Play Technology.

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:56.430 align:middle line:84%
I'm going to briefly
go through three ways

00:33:56.430 --> 00:34:00.360 align:middle line:84%
that we engage students in
accessibility on campus.

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:02.940 align:middle line:84%
One of those ways
is toy adaptation.

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:08.880 align:middle line:84%
A second way is design, and
a third way is outreach.

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:11.679 align:middle line:90%
And so, what is an adaptive toy?

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:13.500 align:middle line:84%
I need to share this
first, and then I'll

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:15.179 align:middle line:84%
tell you how we're
adapting them and how

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.320 align:middle line:90%
we're engaging students.

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:22.560 align:middle line:84%
So an adaptive toy is a toy
that has this jack added

00:34:22.560 --> 00:34:23.699 align:middle line:90%
within its circuit.

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:25.949 align:middle line:84%
And what this jack
allows is for a variety

00:34:25.949 --> 00:34:29.190 align:middle line:84%
of alternative activation
switches to be plugged in so

00:34:29.190 --> 00:34:33.989 align:middle line:84%
that rather than activating the
toy in the original activation

00:34:33.989 --> 00:34:35.580 align:middle line:84%
mechanism-- so
for this toy, it's

00:34:35.580 --> 00:34:38.370 align:middle line:90%
squeezing the monkey's belly.

00:34:38.370 --> 00:34:42.719 align:middle line:84%
You can plug-in hundreds of
different options of a large--

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:47.550 align:middle line:84%
to activate the toy, such as
a large button, a bite switch,

00:34:47.550 --> 00:34:50.650 align:middle line:84%
tilting your head or
tucking your chin.

00:34:50.650 --> 00:34:53.550 align:middle line:84%
There are lots of other ones
that are not listed here,

00:34:53.550 --> 00:34:56.550 align:middle line:84%
but this just
increases the number

00:34:56.550 --> 00:35:01.600 align:middle line:84%
of users that can
engage with this toy

00:35:01.600 --> 00:35:04.900 align:middle line:84%
and also benefit from the
developmental benefits

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:07.780 align:middle line:84%
that toy adaptation
or that toys provide.

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:09.620 align:middle line:84%
So learning things
like cause and effect,

00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:12.340 align:middle line:84%
and developing gross
and fine motor skills.

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:16.080 align:middle line:84%
And so, what this looks like
is once we have that jack added

00:35:16.080 --> 00:35:22.376 align:middle line:84%
in, we can push this button
and then the toy activates.

00:35:22.376 --> 00:35:23.220 align:middle line:90%
[LAUGHTER]

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:26.540 align:middle line:90%
[INAUDIBLE]

00:35:26.540 --> 00:35:28.800 align:middle line:84%
And so, what the toy
adaptation process

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:31.050 align:middle line:84%
looks like is taking
the toys apart

00:35:31.050 --> 00:35:34.920 align:middle line:84%
to look at the
circuit, soldering

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:40.230 align:middle line:84%
in a wire and that jack, closing
up the toy, getting it working,

00:35:40.230 --> 00:35:42.900 align:middle line:84%
there are usually some
smiles and high fives.

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:44.627 align:middle line:90%
And then-- oops, I went--

00:35:44.627 --> 00:35:45.460 align:middle line:90%
[INTERPOSING VOICES]

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.526 align:middle line:90%
--don't do that.

00:35:46.526 --> 00:35:47.840 align:middle line:90%
Don't do that.

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.810 align:middle line:90%
Ah, at the bottom.

00:35:48.810 --> 00:35:49.320 align:middle line:90%
Here we go.

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.820 align:middle line:90%
Here we go.

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:51.030 align:middle line:90%
Here we go.

00:35:51.030 --> 00:35:54.810 align:middle line:84%
And then donating the toys
to clinics, or teachers,

00:35:54.810 --> 00:35:58.470 align:middle line:84%
or specific community
members that will use them.

00:35:58.470 --> 00:36:02.508 align:middle line:84%
And so, this process is open
to students of all majors

00:36:02.508 --> 00:36:03.550 align:middle line:90%
and levels of experience.

00:36:03.550 --> 00:36:05.520 align:middle line:90%
So we get students from--

00:36:05.520 --> 00:36:07.200 align:middle line:84%
a lot from the College
of Engineering.

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:10.100 align:middle line:84%
We get physical therapy and
occupational therapy students.

00:36:10.100 --> 00:36:14.160 align:middle line:84%
We get students in education,
or in Spanish or Japanese.

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:17.940 align:middle line:84%
So we get them from
a variety of majors.

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:19.090 align:middle line:90%
We have freshmen.

00:36:19.090 --> 00:36:20.240 align:middle line:90%
We have graduate students.

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So we get a variety
of experience.

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:24.180 align:middle line:84%
It's about a
two-hour commitment.

00:36:24.180 --> 00:36:26.013 align:middle line:84%
So we teach people
everything that they need

00:36:26.013 --> 00:36:27.490 align:middle line:90%
to know within the two hours.

00:36:27.490 --> 00:36:28.930 align:middle line:90%
It can be done with basic tools.

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So we typically use
screwdrivers, soldering irons,

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:36.420 align:middle line:90%
occasionally like a file.

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:39.470 align:middle line:90%
And so, it's not very expensive.

00:36:39.470 --> 00:36:41.210 align:middle line:90%
It teaches technical skills.

00:36:41.210 --> 00:36:43.500 align:middle line:84%
So it teaches soldering and
use of basic hand tools.

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:46.380 align:middle line:84%
It teaches some concepts,
basic circuitry concepts.

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:49.200 align:middle line:84%
And it also starts conversations
about accessibility,

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:50.960 align:middle line:90%
and access, and equity.

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:53.610 align:middle line:84%
And I think that toy adaptation
is a great introduction

00:36:53.610 --> 00:36:56.460 align:middle line:84%
to a lot of the other
things that were discussed

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:59.520 align:middle line:90%
so far in this webinar.

00:36:59.520 --> 00:37:01.770 align:middle line:84%
So toys aren't the
only important items

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that aren't designed for
the needs of all users.

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And that's where our
design projects come in.

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:10.110 align:middle line:84%
Dianne talked about
these in detail.

00:37:10.110 --> 00:37:12.940 align:middle line:84%
We have some that are
associated with courses,

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so the vertically integrated
projects, the VIP course.

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And we also have some design
teams that are just part of--

00:37:20.090 --> 00:37:21.660 align:middle line:84%
about credit hours
that are just part

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:24.710 align:middle line:90%
of the student organization.

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And so this is-- they're also
open to students of all majors

00:37:28.428 --> 00:37:29.970 align:middle line:84%
and levels of
experience, but they're

00:37:29.970 --> 00:37:30.990 align:middle line:90%
much larger commitments.

00:37:30.990 --> 00:37:33.365 align:middle line:84%
So instead of two hours,
they're more of a 10-hour a week

00:37:33.365 --> 00:37:33.980 align:middle line:90%
commitment.

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:38.560 align:middle line:84%
So it's sort of a deeper
dive into accessible design.

00:37:38.560 --> 00:37:41.220 align:middle line:84%
It generally requires
more advanced skills.

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:43.150 align:middle line:84%
And so, dependent
on the project,

00:37:43.150 --> 00:37:46.200 align:middle line:84%
we try to fit students
into a project that

00:37:46.200 --> 00:37:50.780 align:middle line:84%
fits their interests and
also their expertise.

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:52.450 align:middle line:84%
So I talked to you
about toy adaptation,

00:37:52.450 --> 00:37:54.190 align:middle line:84%
and I talked to
you about design.

00:37:54.190 --> 00:37:58.750 align:middle line:84%
And outreach is when we
engage with community members,

00:37:58.750 --> 00:38:02.140 align:middle line:84%
whether those be K-12 students,
physical therapists, community

00:38:02.140 --> 00:38:05.052 align:middle line:84%
members within our toy
adaptation and design.

00:38:05.052 --> 00:38:06.760 align:middle line:84%
So that's why I had
it sort of stretching

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:12.040 align:middle line:84%
between these two, in
that it involves engaging

00:38:12.040 --> 00:38:13.760 align:middle line:90%
in toy adaptation or design.

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So we've done things like
toy adaptation events

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with summer camps or
Girl Scout troops.

00:38:19.180 --> 00:38:22.720 align:middle line:84%
We've done teaching a universal
design module in a high school

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:26.770 align:middle line:84%
engineering course, or tabling
at various K-12 outreach

00:38:26.770 --> 00:38:32.010 align:middle line:84%
events, either on campus
or at other sites.

00:38:32.010 --> 00:38:34.930 align:middle line:84%
Or even conducting
a toy adaptation

00:38:34.930 --> 00:38:37.690 align:middle line:84%
workshop as an
education conference,

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or at a physical therapy
clinic, or something like that.

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So those are the three
arms of HuskyADAPT

00:38:45.070 --> 00:38:48.070 align:middle line:84%
and how we engage
students and community

00:38:48.070 --> 00:38:49.910 align:middle line:90%
members in accessible design.

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I've got our website
up here and my email.

00:38:53.890 --> 00:38:56.650 align:middle line:84%
If you're interested in learning
more, feel free to contact me.

00:38:56.650 --> 00:38:59.730 align:middle line:90%


00:38:59.730 --> 00:39:00.230 align:middle line:90%
Excellent.

00:39:00.230 --> 00:39:02.660 align:middle line:84%
Thank you, everybody, for
sharing your expertise.

00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:05.350 align:middle line:90%
I'm going to stop the--

00:39:05.350 --> 00:39:05.960 align:middle line:90%
no.

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:08.252 align:middle line:84%
I was trying to look at two
computers at the same time.

00:39:08.252 --> 00:39:09.600 align:middle line:90%
Stop the screen chatter.

00:39:09.600 --> 00:39:15.050 align:middle line:84%
And I just want to invite
you all to ask questions

00:39:15.050 --> 00:39:15.960 align:middle line:90%
that you might have.

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:21.215 align:middle line:84%
You can ask them in the chat or
we can ask questions, as well.

00:39:21.215 --> 00:39:23.090 align:middle line:84%
I know one of the things
I was thinking about

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as we were putting this
together was how students react.

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:30.050 align:middle line:84%
And I think you all shared
that it's mostly positive.

00:39:30.050 --> 00:39:31.130 align:middle line:90%
Oh, yeah.

00:39:31.130 --> 00:39:34.070 align:middle line:84%
Anybody have anything more
they want to say about that?

00:39:34.070 --> 00:39:36.800 align:middle line:84%
Well, I think the main
thing is, like anything else

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:40.490 align:middle line:84%
in the curriculum, the
response can be mixed.

00:39:40.490 --> 00:39:44.140 align:middle line:84%
Different topics resonate
with every student.

00:39:44.140 --> 00:39:45.890 align:middle line:84%
And so while I think
a lot of the students

00:39:45.890 --> 00:39:48.440 align:middle line:84%
really like the
hands-on and something

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.940 align:middle line:84%
different in their
classes, you'll

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:54.968 align:middle line:84%
have some students who actually
really want to dive deeper.

00:39:54.968 --> 00:39:57.260 align:middle line:84%
And that's where it's really
perfect to have HuskyADAPT

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:58.650 align:middle line:90%
because then they can go and--

00:39:58.650 --> 00:40:01.060 align:middle line:84%
they can join HuskyADAPT
and become really involved.

00:40:01.060 --> 00:40:02.330 align:middle line:84%
While other students
are like, oh, yeah.

00:40:02.330 --> 00:40:03.663 align:middle line:90%
That was an interesting lecture.

00:40:03.663 --> 00:40:04.982 align:middle line:90%
I enjoyed learning about it.

00:40:04.982 --> 00:40:07.190 align:middle line:84%
It might not be a central
part of their future career

00:40:07.190 --> 00:40:08.120 align:middle line:90%
as an engineer.

00:40:08.120 --> 00:40:10.670 align:middle line:84%
But then, at least we
also know that they

00:40:10.670 --> 00:40:11.660 align:middle line:90%
have heard of it once.

00:40:11.660 --> 00:40:13.118 align:middle line:84%
So that in the
future, when they're

00:40:13.118 --> 00:40:15.810 align:middle line:84%
designing a project, a
product or an environment,

00:40:15.810 --> 00:40:18.290 align:middle line:84%
they might just remember and
think back and say, oh, yeah.

00:40:18.290 --> 00:40:20.390 align:middle line:84%
What are the small tweaks
we could make to this design

00:40:20.390 --> 00:40:21.515 align:middle line:90%
to make it more accessible?

00:40:21.515 --> 00:40:23.940 align:middle line:84%
So I think like anything in
our engineering curriculum,

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:25.353 align:middle line:84%
you get really
diverse responses.

00:40:25.353 --> 00:40:27.770 align:middle line:84%
But it's really nice that at
least everyone's heard of it.

00:40:27.770 --> 00:40:30.830 align:middle line:84%
And then, there's pathways
that exist for those who do

00:40:30.830 --> 00:40:33.270 align:middle line:90%
want to explore it more deeply.

00:40:33.270 --> 00:40:33.770 align:middle line:90%
Yes.

00:40:33.770 --> 00:40:37.490 align:middle line:84%
I think the potential to have
a positive impact socially

00:40:37.490 --> 00:40:41.150 align:middle line:84%
is just really such a draw
with accessibility work.

00:40:41.150 --> 00:40:46.610 align:middle line:84%
So who doesn't want to
help kids be able to have

00:40:46.610 --> 00:40:48.080 align:middle line:90%
more accessible toys?

00:40:48.080 --> 00:40:50.880 align:middle line:84%
And also, I found that
I use accessibility

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:54.950 align:middle line:84%
as kind of a gateway to
talking about other types

00:40:54.950 --> 00:40:56.790 align:middle line:90%
of social justice issues.

00:40:56.790 --> 00:40:59.690 align:middle line:84%
So for example, I
teach a class where

00:40:59.690 --> 00:41:02.430 align:middle line:84%
we talk about race,
gender, sexual orientation,

00:41:02.430 --> 00:41:03.200 align:middle line:90%
and ability.

00:41:03.200 --> 00:41:04.950 align:middle line:84%
But I found that really,
if you talk about

00:41:04.950 --> 00:41:08.030 align:middle line:84%
accessibility
based on disability

00:41:08.030 --> 00:41:10.010 align:middle line:84%
first, that students
really kind of connect

00:41:10.010 --> 00:41:14.302 align:middle line:84%
with that because it's not
a controversial issue, as

00:41:14.302 --> 00:41:16.260 align:middle line:84%
much as some of the other
considerations, race,

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:18.140 align:middle line:90%
gender, sexual orientation.

00:41:18.140 --> 00:41:21.020 align:middle line:84%
It's just something that
everybody can really

00:41:21.020 --> 00:41:23.930 align:middle line:84%
understand, and it's
something that people

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see examples of in their
daily life all the time.

00:41:27.680 --> 00:41:30.440 align:middle line:84%
So I really appreciate
kind of even using

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:34.490 align:middle line:84%
this, accessibility and the
space of disability studies

00:41:34.490 --> 00:41:37.115 align:middle line:84%
to really expand
into other topics.

00:41:37.115 --> 00:41:43.600 align:middle line:90%


00:41:43.600 --> 00:41:46.290 align:middle line:90%
Any questions anybody has?

00:41:46.290 --> 00:41:47.790 align:middle line:84%
I have more, but
again, I invite you

00:41:47.790 --> 00:41:49.980 align:middle line:90%
to chime in on our discussion.

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:52.320 align:middle line:84%
I think the other thing,
when I talk about--

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:56.790 align:middle line:84%
or I talk to faculty and
they're interested in things

00:41:56.790 --> 00:42:00.240 align:middle line:84%
related to disability
and accessibility.

00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:02.070 align:middle line:84%
Some folks have deep
expertise on this.

00:42:02.070 --> 00:42:04.680 align:middle line:84%
And so, it's easier
to figure out how

00:42:04.680 --> 00:42:05.950 align:middle line:90%
they might find time for this.

00:42:05.950 --> 00:42:07.878 align:middle line:84%
But I think when you're
busy with a career,

00:42:07.878 --> 00:42:10.170 align:middle line:84%
and you're doing research,
and you're teaching classes,

00:42:10.170 --> 00:42:14.670 align:middle line:84%
how do you find the time to
learn enough about these topics

00:42:14.670 --> 00:42:17.480 align:middle line:90%
and to design new curricula?

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:20.010 align:middle line:84%
Oh, I can speak to that because
what I started with was just

00:42:20.010 --> 00:42:21.300 align:middle line:90%
going to the experts.

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:22.800 align:middle line:84%
So I've found that
people are really

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:26.625 align:middle line:84%
generous in volunteering, like
just, I asked Richard Ladner,

00:42:26.625 --> 00:42:27.750 align:middle line:90%
can you do a guest lecture.

00:42:27.750 --> 00:42:29.990 align:middle line:84%
He's come back like, I
don't know, three times

00:42:29.990 --> 00:42:31.950 align:middle line:90%
and done the class for me.

00:42:31.950 --> 00:42:34.350 align:middle line:84%
And then, after seeing his
presentation a few times,

00:42:34.350 --> 00:42:35.730 align:middle line:90%
I feel more comfortable.

00:42:35.730 --> 00:42:38.240 align:middle line:84%
He told me, like well,
now you can give it.

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:40.830 align:middle line:84%
Like, I've been learning,
so if you don't know it

00:42:40.830 --> 00:42:43.170 align:middle line:84%
right away-- like I was a
complete novice before I

00:42:43.170 --> 00:42:45.750 align:middle line:84%
went to the first capacity
building institute, right?

00:42:45.750 --> 00:42:49.038 align:middle line:84%
So I started with just
leveraging my contacts.

00:42:49.038 --> 00:42:50.580 align:middle line:84%
And then people who
have been working

00:42:50.580 --> 00:42:52.655 align:middle line:84%
in the field for
many, many years.

00:42:52.655 --> 00:42:54.780 align:middle line:84%
And then you slowly start
feeling more comfortable,

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:56.875 align:middle line:84%
as you grasp the
information, do research.

00:42:56.875 --> 00:42:59.000 align:middle line:84%
You don't have to do it
all at once, kind of thing.

00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:02.222 align:middle line:90%
You can take small steps.

00:43:02.222 --> 00:43:03.680 align:middle line:84%
And I think that's
one thing that's

00:43:03.680 --> 00:43:05.275 align:middle line:84%
nice about being on
a college campus.

00:43:05.275 --> 00:43:06.650 align:middle line:84%
I mean, here at
UW, we definitely

00:43:06.650 --> 00:43:10.970 align:middle line:84%
are spoiled with DO-IT and our
other resources, and experts,

00:43:10.970 --> 00:43:11.810 align:middle line:90%
and research.

00:43:11.810 --> 00:43:16.060 align:middle line:84%
But every campus has a
disability studies office

00:43:16.060 --> 00:43:18.740 align:middle line:84%
or disability resources
office of some type.

00:43:18.740 --> 00:43:20.960 align:middle line:84%
And oftentimes, they
love to get involved

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:24.980 align:middle line:84%
in things that are more diverse
and to expand their visibility

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:30.060 align:middle line:84%
on campus, to also break
down some of those barriers,

00:43:30.060 --> 00:43:32.190 align:middle line:84%
and assumptions,
and perceptions.

00:43:32.190 --> 00:43:34.370 align:middle line:84%
And so, it can be
anyone on campus

00:43:34.370 --> 00:43:36.740 align:middle line:84%
who can be an advocate
and a partner.

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:39.900 align:middle line:90%


00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:42.810 align:middle line:84%
Looks like Dave
Jaffe from Stanford

00:43:42.810 --> 00:43:44.370 align:middle line:84%
has a question,
asking typically,

00:43:44.370 --> 00:43:46.450 align:middle line:90%
how long are the projects?

00:43:46.450 --> 00:43:50.130 align:middle line:84%
And so, like Stanford, we
are also on a quarter system.

00:43:50.130 --> 00:43:51.790 align:middle line:90%
But that is challenging.

00:43:51.790 --> 00:43:54.450 align:middle line:84%
And so, we actually try
to make ours stretch

00:43:54.450 --> 00:43:55.890 align:middle line:90%
across multiple quarters.

00:43:55.890 --> 00:43:59.022 align:middle line:84%
So our design course
is two quarters long,

00:43:59.022 --> 00:44:01.230 align:middle line:84%
to give the students enough
time to really understand

00:44:01.230 --> 00:44:02.190 align:middle line:90%
the problem.

00:44:02.190 --> 00:44:05.100 align:middle line:84%
And then the club projects,
which aren't for credit,

00:44:05.100 --> 00:44:07.480 align:middle line:84%
typically stretch pretty
much the whole year.

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:09.450 align:middle line:84%
And one of the things
we also really emphasize

00:44:09.450 --> 00:44:13.020 align:middle line:84%
is that projects can
continue from year-to-year

00:44:13.020 --> 00:44:15.090 align:middle line:84%
because every year
is a prototype.

00:44:15.090 --> 00:44:16.850 align:middle line:84%
Every time you
finish a project--

00:44:16.850 --> 00:44:20.040 align:middle line:84%
and so, that's also something
I like about having a club,

00:44:20.040 --> 00:44:21.750 align:middle line:84%
because then
students can continue

00:44:21.750 --> 00:44:24.810 align:middle line:84%
building and developing, based
upon what past teams have

00:44:24.810 --> 00:44:28.950 align:middle line:84%
learned, so that hopefully they
can keep working with the need

00:44:28.950 --> 00:44:31.210 align:middle line:90%
experts and improving it.

00:44:31.210 --> 00:44:34.340 align:middle line:90%
But quarters are challenging.

00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:35.485 align:middle line:90%
Yeah, I think.

00:44:35.485 --> 00:44:36.110 align:middle line:90%
Yeah, timeline.

00:44:36.110 --> 00:44:38.231 align:middle line:84%
Some capstone projects
that are two quarters.

00:44:38.231 --> 00:44:40.790 align:middle line:90%


00:44:40.790 --> 00:44:43.260 align:middle line:84%
I think the in-class class
projects that you can do about

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:47.670 align:middle line:84%
this can be very quick,
just something like--

00:44:47.670 --> 00:44:49.650 align:middle line:84%
or you can also design
something for students

00:44:49.650 --> 00:44:50.900 align:middle line:90%
to do outside of class.

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:52.560 align:middle line:90%
So look around.

00:44:52.560 --> 00:44:56.998 align:middle line:84%
In your daily life, what are
some non-accessible problems

00:44:56.998 --> 00:44:57.540 align:middle line:90%
that you see?

00:44:57.540 --> 00:44:59.610 align:middle line:84%
And what are some solutions
that you might come up with?

00:44:59.610 --> 00:45:00.800 align:middle line:84%
And once you kind
of get students

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:03.092 align:middle line:84%
thinking about this, of
course, they see it everywhere.

00:45:03.092 --> 00:45:05.110 align:middle line:84%
So you can have a
quick discussion.

00:45:05.110 --> 00:45:08.670 align:middle line:84%
You can also, as Alyssa was
talking about, kind of a lo-fi

00:45:08.670 --> 00:45:09.420 align:middle line:90%
prototyping.

00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:13.710 align:middle line:84%
Just lets, you know, paper and
other very simple materials

00:45:13.710 --> 00:45:16.290 align:middle line:84%
to have students-- just to
get them thinking about it.

00:45:16.290 --> 00:45:17.550 align:middle line:90%
It's very doable.

00:45:17.550 --> 00:45:20.580 align:middle line:84%
You can do it even
in one class session,

00:45:20.580 --> 00:45:21.750 align:middle line:90%
or half of a class session.

00:45:21.750 --> 00:45:24.780 align:middle line:84%
But it's-- I would encourage
anyone who's thinking about

00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:26.170 align:middle line:90%
doing this just to try it.

00:45:26.170 --> 00:45:29.130 align:middle line:84%
And I think that
you'll be really very

00:45:29.130 --> 00:45:32.140 align:middle line:90%
happy with the results.

00:45:32.140 --> 00:45:34.390 align:middle line:84%
How about-- we talked
about students' engagement.

00:45:34.390 --> 00:45:35.300 align:middle line:90%
How about yourself?

00:45:35.300 --> 00:45:38.800 align:middle line:84%
How do you find that
you've benefited, working

00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:40.880 align:middle line:90%
in this sort of a field?

00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:43.350 align:middle line:90%
Oh, I've learned so much.

00:45:43.350 --> 00:45:45.220 align:middle line:84%
For those of you who
know my background,

00:45:45.220 --> 00:45:47.820 align:middle line:84%
I'm a mechanical engineer who
mainly worked in hospitals.

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And so, I really
came at this topic

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from more of the
medical perspective.

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You know, working
with doctors, trying

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to think about how we fix
different problems, which

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still is important and valued.

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But working with DO-IT and
the Accessibility Office,

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I've really learned some of
the more social constructs

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of disability as barriers
in the environment

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and understanding how we can do
it as not individual problems

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to fix, but more as
increasing the likelihood

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that everyone can
pursue the activities

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they want for a meaningful life.

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And so, I also feel like I
was a novice, like Alyssa,

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coming in and learning
about universal design

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and accessibility.

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Because it really
isn't something

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that we talk about within
the medical community

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around disability.

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So I've been lucky
that I've just

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been sucking in knowledge
from Brianna and DO-IT

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for the past five years.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Yeah, so fortunate to have
all these resources on campus.

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Thanks for that.

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I can't take all the credit.

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[LAUGHTER]

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What if you are on
a campus, though,

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that didn't have
these resources?

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Because you're right.

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We have a large
community here at UW

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of folks interested in
accessibility and disability.

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How do you think you would find
resources if you weren't here?

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The web?

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[LAUGHTER]

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Through the resources
that you guys have posted.

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I've been reading a lot of the
promising practices earlier.

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Things like that.

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And just from a professional
development standpoint,

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for me it's been really
useful, as someone who's

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teaching-focused,
you can look at it

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also as a way to improve the
education of your students.

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So you're augmenting your
class and your curriculum.

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And I think people are
becoming more and more

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aware of accessibility issues.

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I mean, those of us who have
to care about it AVET, right?

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For example, they just
changed their definition

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of engineering design
to include accessibility

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for the first time.

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So I think people are paying
attention more to this issue.

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So it behooves any of
us who are in academia,

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even if there's not the
resources readily available.

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It might take you extra effort
to do it, but it's out there.

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I'm going to say, you can
join one of our communities

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of practice via the email list.

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And Brianna is always
sending out great--

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but I'm guessing
everyone here has already

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done that, if you're
joining this webinar today.

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But then also, you can
just find a group of three

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to four other faculty.

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We really started that Universal
Design Learning Community

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because we wanted to learn
more with [? Mia Chekmak ?]

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and computer science.

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And so, we invited other
people who we thought

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might be interested.

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And we read together.

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And you know, whether
it's one lunch a month

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or one lunch a week,
you can talk, and start

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to build a community that's
interested in talking

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about these things.

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And it only takes
three or four people

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to give you some other people
to bounce ideas off of.

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I think students-- and Molly is
just a quintessential example

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of this--

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students had so much enthusiasm.

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And they're able to talk to
other students in a way that

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we, as faculty, cannot.

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So I would say that if you can
go to the disability resources

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office on your campus,
there are probably

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people there that can help
you find out this information,

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and probably people who can
connect you with students who

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would be willing to talk
to you about some ideas

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that you might have
for your class.

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And so, yeah, I think
really, students

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are just such a wonderful
resource for us to use.

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We're not just teaching
at the students.

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The students can really
teach us quite a bit.

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And so I would really
encourage anyone

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to find the nearest student.

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[LAUGHTER]

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I totally echol that.

00:49:12.332 --> 00:49:13.290 align:middle line:90%
I completely echo that.

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They have been so useful.

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I call my HCDE like consultants.

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[INAUDIBLE] They were
invaluable because they

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know what's going to
resonate with the students.

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They can think of it
from that perspective.

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And they have such insight.

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So yeah.

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Yeah.

00:49:27.290 --> 00:49:27.822 align:middle line:90%
Great.

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Molly, can you talk a
little bit about how you

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got involved in accessibility?

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Absolutely.

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So I did my undergrad and
masters at Ohio State.

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And when I was a senior
undergraduate student,

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I did toy adaptation
for the first time.

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So I worked for a
learning community.

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And one of our students came
to my boss and said, hey.

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I heard about toy adaptation.

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It would be really
cool if we did that

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as part of the engineering
learning community.

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So we did it.

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We figured out
how to adapt toys.

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And we held an event
with about 25 students.

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And it just took off from there.

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So I saw chemical
engineering students

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that got really
excited about circuits.

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I had never seen a
chemical engineer so

00:50:07.330 --> 00:50:09.440 align:middle line:90%
excited about circuits before.

00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:09.940 align:middle line:90%
[LAUGHTER]

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And just, students-- the
list for the event filled up,

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and then we had a waiting list.

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And so we held another event.

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And so, it just sort of
snowballed from there,

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my involvement with
toy adaptation.

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And then I did my
capstone design project

00:50:21.820 --> 00:50:24.060 align:middle line:90%
related to accessibility.

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And so-- and universal design.

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And so, I just got
involved from there.

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When I graduated
and I came here,

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I realized that there
are no adaptive toy

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libraries in the state of
Washington, or at least none

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that were registered with the
USA Toy Library Association.

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And I was actually,
when I'm still in Ohio,

00:50:41.230 --> 00:50:45.040 align:middle line:84%
got contacted from some
families in the Seattle

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area, two families that were
both asking me to ship toys out

00:50:47.870 --> 00:50:48.370 align:middle line:90%
to them.

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And I was like, actually,
I'm moving there soon so we

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can just figure something out.

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We can get it started.

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And so, when I got
here, I connected

00:50:54.700 --> 00:50:57.190 align:middle line:84%
with a bunch of
amazing faculty members

00:50:57.190 --> 00:50:58.430 align:middle line:90%
that were super supportive.

00:50:58.430 --> 00:51:01.450 align:middle line:84%
And then got connected to
a bunch of amazing students

00:51:01.450 --> 00:51:04.570 align:middle line:84%
that helped to really
push HuskyADAPT along.

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So I think it was a matter of
just meeting the right people

00:51:08.950 --> 00:51:11.440 align:middle line:90%
that could help make it happen.

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And at Ohio State, our
toy adaptation program

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ran a lot different
than how we do it here.

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And so, I think that
it's possible to do it

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in lots of different
environments,

00:51:20.800 --> 00:51:21.980 align:middle line:90%
just with different formats.

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So at Ohio State, it was a
little more faculty-staff run,

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and there were a few
hired student leaders.

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And here, the toy adaptation
portion of HuskyADAPT

00:51:30.850 --> 00:51:33.610 align:middle line:84%
is more student
organization run.

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So it just depends on the
format and who's around.

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But I think that it's
possible to implement programs

00:51:39.820 --> 00:51:41.977 align:middle line:84%
like this at lots of
different institutions.

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Any other thoughts that
anybody wants to share?

00:51:47.810 --> 00:51:48.540 align:middle line:90%
No?

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We thank you all for joining
and talking about the topics.

00:51:51.580 --> 00:51:52.610 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.

00:51:52.610 --> 00:51:54.790 align:middle line:84%
I thanks to you all for
sharing your expertise,

00:51:54.790 --> 00:51:57.280 align:middle line:84%
and I'm excited that
you're all doing

00:51:57.280 --> 00:51:59.790 align:middle line:90%
such great work to begin with.

00:51:59.790 --> 00:52:01.370 align:middle line:84%
And thanks to you
all for joining us.

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I will be sending
out an evaluation.

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Thank you all.

00:52:04.650 --> 00:52:05.150 align:middle line:90%
Thanks.

00:52:05.150 --> 00:52:07.000 align:middle line:90%
Thank you.

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