What does a life transition lens + data = ? Intersecting Liminality! Our new #TACCESS paper introduces this model for revealing tensions when people navigate multiple concurrent life transitions while adopting assistive tech. We also reflect on what this can do for design #AccessibleComputing #HCI

The Intersecting Liminality of Technology Adoption and Disability during Life Transitions | ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

Despite the availability of assistive and aging-in-place technologies, many disabled and older individuals experience challenges adopting these tools. While factors such as usability, aesthetics, and ...

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Where are the disabled students in #CSEducation research? 🔍 In our lit review at #SIGCSE2026, < 50% of papers on accessibility had disabled participants. 🤝 Our aim: Let's shift from research/design 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭/𝐟𝐨𝐫 → 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 disabled students. 📄 Read our paper for more! #Accessibility #InclusiveEducation

Where are the Disabled Students?: A Literature Review of Disability Inclusion in Computing Education Research | Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.1

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Absolutely phenomenal and inspiring keynote from @amyko.phd at #sigcse2026 today.

Amy J. Ko@amyko.phd · 6mo ago

Today I was proud to share my 2026 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium opening keynote, titled Love, Learning, and Computing Education. Here's a rehearsal, in case you weren't there. Thank you to the organizers for inviting me to speak and to our community for listening and learning. youtu.be/iaT_zvNN_zc

I got recognized with an Outstanding Reviewer Award at SIGCSE Technical Symposium 2026! Cool!

SIGCSE Technical Symposium@sigcse-ts.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This morning we were happy to present excellence in peer review awards! Best Senior Reviewer (APC): Jason King, Manuel I. Capel Tuñón, Matthew Barr, and Michael Nowak Top Reviewer: David Wonnacott Outstanding Reviewers: (See image) Please sign up as a reviewer for 2027: tinyurl.com/sigcse2027review

It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years! Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn... Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR... Applications due December 5th!

Getting into the giving spirit? Help us save our high school outreach program and empower 100s of disabled youth to go to college in #STEM. zotfunder.give.uci.edu Even $5 helps! "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -Helen Keller #Disability #academicSky #helpSky #signalBoost

My advisor @docstacy.bsky.social and I are running a session at the APH National Coding Symposium on Dec 9th about digital math accessibility, LaTeX math equations in HTML, and computational thinking. It's virtual and free to register! www.aph.org/national-cod... #accessibility #DisabledInSTEM

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Today I volunteered at California School for the Blind's Day of Code! It was awesome to support the staff and learn how to teach blind students computational thinking using accessible methods. We hope to co-host one next year in So Cal! Check them out: www.csb-cde.ca.gov/about/events...

We made it a quarter of the way towards our fundraising goal! Please like and share, and consider donating even $5 to help us continue our work with disabled students in STEM! Thank you for your support! 👉 zotfunder.give.uci.edu/project/47805 #DisabledInSTEM #Accessibility #InclusiveLearning

Barriers to breakthroughs: Empower disabled students in STEM!

Help University of California, Irvine raise $20,000 for the project: Barriers to breakthroughs: Empower disabled students in STEM!. Your gift will make a difference!

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With the #chi2026 reviews coming out, I am posting my regular reminder to folks who do qualitative research. I have been curating a document with common critiques of qual research and how to respond. Check it out and add your own examples! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Reviewer Critiques (Qualitative Methods) and How to Respond to Them

Reviewer Critiques (Qualitative Methods) and How to Respond to Them Author: Jessica Vitak (+ anyone who adds to the document) About This Document (and a disclaimer) Reviewing is a highly subjective pr...

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The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.

You never know what a small #HCI research project might grow into. Interviews with blind older adults about smartphones for a disability org webinar turned into a #DIS2023 poster 🖼️, Smartphone Stories, and later a theory paper 📄, Intersecting Liminality, at #ASSETS2024! 📄 bit.ly/inter-liminality

Intersecting Liminality: Acquiring a Smartphone as a Blind or Low Vision Older Adult | Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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We lost funding for our outreach that supports disabled students in pursuing STEM in college. We're running a fundraiser to keep our work and community partnerships going. We are grateful for your support! 👉 zotfunder.give.uci.edu/project/47805 #CSedResearch #Accessibility #InclusiveLearning

Barriers to breakthroughs: Empower disabled students in STEM!

Help University of California, Irvine raise $20,000 for the project: Barriers to breakthroughs: Empower disabled students in STEM!. Your gift will make a difference!

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Hi! I'm an Informatics PhD student at UC Irvine! My research is about accessibility, HCI, and CS Ed, and I'm interested in tech use during life transition. Currently, my work is focused on supporting blind students in accessing their STEM studies during the high school to college transition.

Learning to use a smartphone as a blind person isn’t just tech adoption. It’s a life transition. In our #ASSETS2024 paper, Intersecting Liminality, we explored how processes of aging, vision loss, and technology learning overlap. 📄 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... #InclusiveTech #Accessibility #HCI

Intersecting Liminality: Acquiring a Smartphone as a Blind or Low Vision Older Adult | Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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