A general education course on universal access, disability, technology and society
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This paper reports on a General Education course called Universal Access: Disability, Technology and Society that enables students from all majors to learn more about disability and the issues that surround it, as well as how Assistive Technology facilitates effective participation of those with disabilities in society. Guest lectures, meant to give the students different perspectives on disability, are integral part of the course. Guest lecturers include experts in disability studies, professionals working with people with disabilities, and persons with disability. To gain practical knowledge, the students carry out group projects or volunteering activities that involves people with disabilities. Since its first introduction in 2006, the course had always filled to capacity. A survey with 75 students conducted in Winter 2010 revealed that students felt that their knowledge about universal access and disabilities had improved significantly, and that they had become aware of accessibility in everyday life.
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Embedding UDL and accessibility across core CS courses is one concrete mechanism to interrupt the cycle from curricular neglect to inaccessible educational technologies and back to student access labor.
“In computing, embedding UDL and accessibility across core CS courses is one concrete mechanism to interrupt the cycle from curricular neglect to inaccessible educational technologies and back to student access labor, making the intended transfer pathway explicit [4, 19, 20, 31, 35].”
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Offering a low-stakes oral alternative enabled the peer expert to participate and contribute.
“Offering a low-stakes oral alternative is a UDL-consistent accommodation that enabled the peer expert to participate and contribute, rather than merely to 'unmask' [4, 20, 26].”
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Integrating Accessibility in a Mobile App Development Course
Bhatia, J. S., P D, P., Tiwari, S., Nagpal, D., & Joshi, S. (2023) · Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1 · doi:10.1145/3545945.3569825 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Mack, K., McDonnell, E., Jain, D., Lu Wang, L., E. Froehlich, J., & Findlater, L. (2021) · Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3411764.3445412 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education
Hermann, J., Jansen, N., Richter, U., Fleer, A., & Doganün, A. (2025) · Proceedings of the 25th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research · doi:10.1145/3769994.3770007 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
“Prototypes targeted concrete barriers in every-day academic life and were intended to add value for all students in the spirit of inclusive design [17, 20, 40].”
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- Authors
- Kurniawan, S. H., Arteaga, S., & Manduchi, R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 12th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2010-10-25
- Pages
- 11-18
- OpenAlex
- W1975336497
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.85
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Education and Employment
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Keywords
- universal access, disability, assistive technology, general education, disability studies, accessibility, student awareness, guest lectures, volunteering, course evaluation
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