| Mon Aug 24 2026 |
Course Introduction
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HW1 - Accessible Presentations
Due: Mon Aug 31 2026
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P0 - Skills and Team Survey
Due: Mon Aug 31 2026
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| Tue Aug 25 2026 |
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| Wed Aug 26 2026 |
Disabilities
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| Thu Aug 27 2026 |
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| Fri Aug 28 2026 |
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| Mon Aug 31 2026 |
Models of Disability
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Mankoff et al. 2010 - Disability studies as a source of critical inquiry for the field of assistive technology
What do we mean by accessibility research?
Living Disability Theory: Reflections on Access, Research, and Design
Common Measures of Disability
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HW2 - Disability Deep Dive
Due: Fri Sep 4 2026
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| Tue Sep 01 2026 |
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| Wed Sep 02 2026 |
Accessibility Tech Stack
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2)
WCAG 3 Draft
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)
One Button to Rule Them All: Making Accessible Buttons
Screen Reader Demo for Digital Accessibility
New ADA Title II Rule on Web Accessibility: Fact Sheet Guide
Quick Reference Guide: NVDA for Windows Keyboard Commands
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Project Overview
Due: Mon Sep 14 2026
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| Thu Sep 03 2026 |
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| Fri Sep 04 2026 |
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| Mon Sep 07 2026 |
NO CLASS - LABOR DAY
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| Tue Sep 08 2026 |
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| Wed Sep 09 2026 |
Course Project Team Formation
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Accessibility Awareness Bluesky Account
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HW3 - Try Out Assistive Technology
Due: Wed Sep 16 2026
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P1 - Team Formation / Team Contract
Due: Mon Sep 14 2026
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| Thu Sep 10 2026 |
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| Fri Sep 11 2026 |
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| Mon Sep 14 2026 |
Web Accessibility
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P2 - Project Investigation
Due: Mon Sep 21 2026
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| Tue Sep 15 2026 |
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| Wed Sep 16 2026 |
Guest Lecturer - Peya Mowar - Making PDFs Accessible with AI
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Mowar et al. -iTagPDF: Towards Finally Automating PDF Accessibility
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HW4 - Accessibility Evaluation
Due: Wed Sep 23 2026
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| Thu Sep 17 2026 |
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| Fri Sep 18 2026 |
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| Mon Sep 21 2026 |
Project Overview
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P3 - Project Specification + Human Subjects Review
Due: Fri Oct 9 2026
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| Tue Sep 22 2026 |
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| Wed Sep 23 2026 |
Assistive Technologies for Sight
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Lavey and Kang. Object of Interest: The Vocoder
Choosing a White Cane
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| Thu Sep 24 2026 |
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| Fri Sep 25 2026 |
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| Mon Sep 28 2026 |
Deafness and Assistive Technologies for Hearing
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Clinical and cultural issues in caring for Deaf people
Protecting and Interpreting Deaf Culture, Glenna Cooper
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| Tue Sep 29 2026 |
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| Wed Sep 30 2026 |
Human Subjects Review and Institutional Review Boards
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The 1979 Belmont Report
Institutional review board (IRB) and ethical issues in clinical research
The Milgram Experiement: Obedience to Authority
Stanford Prison Experiment - Official Trailer (2015)
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| Thu Oct 01 2026 |
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| Fri Oct 02 2026 |
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| Mon Oct 05 2026 |
Design Methods for Accessibility
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From GenderMag to InclusiveMag: An Inclusive Design Meta-Method
Ability-Based Design Communications Article
Disability Dongle
Making Memes Accessible
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HW5 - Accessibility through AI
Due: Fri Oct 9 2026
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| Tue Oct 06 2026 |
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| Wed Oct 07 2026 |
AI-Powered Assistive Technologies
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| Thu Oct 08 2026 |
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| Fri Oct 09 2026 |
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| Mon Oct 12 2026 |
NO CLASS - FALL BREAK
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Sign up for project checkin meetings
Due: Anytime
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| Tue Oct 13 2026 |
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| Wed Oct 14 2026 |
NO CLASS - FALL BREAK
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| Thu Oct 15 2026 |
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| Fri Oct 16 2026 |
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| Mon Oct 19 2026 |
Design Process
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HW6 - Accessibly Design with AI
Due: Mon Nov 9 2026
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P4 - Project Milestone 1
Due: Mon Nov 2 2026
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| Tue Oct 20 2026 |
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| Wed Oct 21 2026 |
Inclusive Education
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Universal Design for Learning Guidelines
Differentiating for Diversity: Using Universal Design for Learning in Elementary Computer Science Education
Neurodiversity and the Accessible University: Exploring Organizational Barriers, Access Labor and Opportunities for Change
Deaf Kids Code
Accessible Computing Education in Colleges and Universities
Improving Equity and Access for Graduate Students with Disabilities
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| Thu Oct 22 2026 |
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| Fri Oct 23 2026 |
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| Mon Oct 26 2026 |
Design Studio
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| Tue Oct 27 2026 |
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| Wed Oct 28 2026 |
Guest Lecturer - Aaron Steinfeld - Accessible Transportation
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| Thu Oct 29 2026 |
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| Fri Oct 30 2026 |
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| Mon Nov 02 2026 |
Do-It-Yourself Assistive Technology - Guest Speaker Jeffrey Ruffing - Inglis.org
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Empowering individuals with do-it-yourself assistive technology
Occupational Therapy is Making
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P5 - Project Milestone 2
Due: Mon Nov 16 2026
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| Tue Nov 03 2026 |
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| Wed Nov 04 2026 |
Autistic Employment
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Education for Employment Pathways
The Dandelion Principle: Redesigning Work for the Innovation Economy
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| Thu Nov 05 2026 |
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| Fri Nov 06 2026 |
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| Mon Nov 09 2026 |
Guest Lecturer - Prof. Patrick Carrington (CMU HCII)
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HW7 - Lived Experiences with Disability
Due: Tues Nov 24 2026
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| Tue Nov 10 2026 |
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| Wed Nov 11 2026 |
Enjoying Life (Travel, Cooking, Exercise, Dating) - Guest Lecturer - Prof. Franklin Li (UNC Charlotte)
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A Contextual Inquiry of People with Vision Impairments in Cooking
Understanding Visual Arts Experiences of Blind People
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| Thu Nov 12 2026 |
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| Fri Nov 13 2026 |
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| Mon Nov 16 2026 |
CLASS FIELD TRIP - Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians (LAMP) - 4724 Baum Blvd. Meet at TCS Hall entrance at 11:00am. Visit starts at 11:25am.
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P6 - Project Milestone 3
Due: Mon Nov 30 2026
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| Tue Nov 17 2026 |
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| Wed Nov 18 2026 |
CLASS FIELD TRIP - University of Pittsburgh Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL) - 6425 Penn Ave. Bakery Square Building 1 (same as Google). Suite 400. Meet at Forbes and Morewood bus stop to take the bus to Bakery Square at 11:00am. Visit starts at 11:30am. Tour is 30 minutes plus optional 30 minutes more for those who can stay. Then we'll take the bus back to CMU.
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| Thu Nov 19 2026 |
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| Fri Nov 20 2026 |
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| Mon Nov 23 2026 |
Disability, Policy, and Advocacy
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Counterventions: a reparative reflection on interventionist HCI
A Mulching Proposal
Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World (DONT READ THE WHOLE BOOK)
Chapter 3 from the book Disability Pride
Chapter 5 from the book Disability Pride
Intersection Advocacy from the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
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| Tue Nov 24 2026 |
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| Wed Nov 25 2026 |
THANKSGIVING - NO CLASS
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| Thu Nov 26 2026 |
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| Fri Nov 27 2026 |
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| Mon Nov 30 2026 |
Course Review and Reflection
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P7 - Project Presentation
Due: Wed Dec 2 2026
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| Tue Dec 01 2026 |
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| Wed Dec 02 2026 |
Final Project Presentations and Celebration
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P7 - Project Delivery
Due: Wed Dec 9 2026
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| Thu Dec 03 2026 |
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| Fri Dec 04 2026 |
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| Mon Dec 07 2026 |
FINALS WEEK - NO CLASS
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| Tue Dec 08 2026 |
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| Wed Dec 09 2026 |
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| Thu Dec 10 2026 |
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| Fri Dec 11 2026 |
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