Taskar Center for Accessible Technology at the University of Washington Department of Computer Science & Engineering: Enhance access to everyday technologies!

Seattle, WA
Joined June 2015
TCAT at UWCSE retweeted
Register for the upcoming #ITS4US webinar with the University of Washington team (@OpenSidewalks @TaskarCenter) on 10/4 10:30 am ET. “GTFS-Pathways: Advancing Indoor Transit Data Interoperability, with Accessibility-first principles.” uwphase2webinar.eventbrite.c…
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Register for the upcoming #ITS4US webinar with the University of Washington deployment team @TaskarCenter on 7/12 11am ET. Join to learn “Insights and Guidance on Creating Requirements Specifications for Accessible Projects.” uwtdeiwebinar.eventbrite.com
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Gonna try to take a break today from popping off about every dang opportunity . Gonna concentrate on #OpenThePaths Should be awesome
#osmus very own @MaggieMaps Maggie Cawley will be speaking at #openthepaths! Join us for discussions of #accessibility first data and other open data resources in public domain maps and #osm. Register at tinyurl.com/openthepaths2023
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Today at 3pm, mobility justice advocates will be rallying in Olympia to call for #WaLeg to fully fund $10 million needed for a statewide sidewalk network assessment. (In the current budget drafts, only ⅕ of the request has been allocated) docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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Join us next week for an unprecedented global hackathon. Begins in Tokyo, advances to Seattle. We will have @OpenSidewalks in-person and online breakouts. Join this international civic collab, #maketechdogood @DemocracyLab @codeforjapan @CodeforAll ! Tinyurl.com/OSWHackyNY
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Along with creating unique datasets for each city, @G3ict- @TaskarCenter AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks project is building strong local communities that will sustain the inclusive mobility and accessible sidewalk efforts moving forward. bit.ly/3TopllX #SCEWC22
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TCAT at UWCSE retweeted
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: the Holiday Toy Hack hosted by @UW #UWAllen’s @TaskarCenter & @PROVAIL_WA! Volunteer to bring holiday cheer to kids with disabilities by adapting toys for #accessibility on Nov. 13 in Seattle. Sign-up required: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… 🎁
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No other form of transportation trains, buses, boats, forces you to give up your mobility device when you board. The same should be true for airlines.
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The Urbanist: We look at some of the ways that research and technology can help make our cities more accessible to all, with Magda Moustafa (@archforautism), Anat Caspi from @TaskarCenter and @Idan_Meir of Right Hear fal.cn/3rVgY
Our work and @TaskarCenter's work on sidewalk equity and accessibility is the cover story on the uw.edu homepage today!
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The @UW has become an epicenter of research on sidewalks and human mobility—united by @uwcreate. Come read about our work and that of @OpenSidewalks, @AccessMapSea, & others in this important article on Sidewalk Equity by @uwengineering & @DeWeerdt_Sarah: engr.washington.edu/news/art…
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Join panelists as they discuss the AI for #InclusiveSidewalks project, implemented by @G3ict in partnership with @TaskarCenter of @UW and with the support of #Microsoft AI for Accessibility program. Watch bit.ly/3IfNO8q #Accessibility #UrbanSpaces #AIForAccessibility
Join speakers on Feb. 25 as they share the approach to collecting the data in 5 cities in #Americas to inform the @OpenSidewalks tool that helps persons with disabilities to build the route which responds to their individual needs. Watch bit.ly/3IfNO8q #ZeroCon22
Join panelists as they discuss the AI for #InclusiveSidewalks project, implemented by G3ict in partnership with @TaskarCenter of @UW and with the support of #Microsoft's #AIForAccessibility program. Watch bit.ly/3IfNO8q #Accessibility @ZeroProjectorg
Join speakers on Feb. 25 as they share the approach to collecting the data in 5 cities in #Americas to inform the @OpenSidewalks tool that helps persons with disabilities to build the route which responds to their individual needs. Watch bit.ly/3IfNO8q #ZeroCon22
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This week, join us for #MappyHour with guest speaker Nick Bolten. He'll share about ongoing projects leveraging OpenStreetMap for mobility and accessibility at the @TaskarCenter. Register here: buff.ly/3IksrCb
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Don't miss our next installment of the ADSA Virtual Series with Anat Caspi, Director of The Taskar Center for Accessible Technology (@TaskarCenter )! Learn how data scientists can adopt an equity lens to confront ableism! Register for FREE: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
🗺️🖥️ @OpenStreetMapUS has an online #MappyHour Jan 26, 2022, with @njbolten of @TaskarCenter about using OpenStreetMap for mobility and accessibility meetup.com/openstreetmap-us/…
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