Kate Glazko
@kglazko.bsky.social
PhD student at UW studying accessibility ~Opinions are mine~
Today, someone told me what they thought my most impactful paper was. And I disagreed. What paper is the most impactful to me? I’m in year 3 of my PhD, so I think only time will tell. But to me, so far, the one that was the start of my mentee’s research journey. Ungatekeeping and teaching is impact.
I am at ASSETS 2025 in Denver presenting an experience report on navigating temporary disability with the use of multimodal GAI in Session 8B (dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...). Also, we have a paper on the use of embroidery to create tactile graphics in the fabrication track (dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....)
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Time to get in gear again for disability rights... www.lflegal.com/2025/06/ener...
New Attempt to Rollback Accessibility Requirements - Comments Needed
For over forty years the United States has had regulations that say new buildings must be accessible to people with disabilities if the building is built by an organization that receives federal funds...
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A very interesting read about the intersections of disabled and queer identities! www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/goin...
Going off script
Moving through shame to find pride in disabled and queer identity
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I don’t usually open up about disability on a personal level, but this article gets a little bit into it. Creating accessible environments for learning/research for all (diagnosed or not yet) can help people reach their goals and dreams.
Allen School@uwcse.bsky.social · last yr.#UWAllen @uofwa.bsky.social Ph.D. student @kglazko.bsky.social was an early adopter of #GenAI, seeing both benefits and risks from the technology — including its impact on people with disabilities. magazine.washington.edu/uw-computer-... #UWinnovates #GAAD #AI #Accessibility
Wonderful op-ed on accessibility and the importance for advocating for disabled people’s rights by @jcmankoff.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-...
How the 'A' in DEIA is threatened, and what you can do | Op-Ed
Disability accommodations made it possible for me to become a professor and are vital to the success of many of my disabled students and colleagues.
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@dangaristo.bsky.social recently shared that the NSF graduate research fellowship program got wacked by 50% @standupforscience.bsky.social @phlscienceaction.bsky.social I took a deeper dive here - call your senator, 202-224-3121. Revive and expand the NSFGRFP open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...
Announcing the “Unheard” Initiative -- together with @fractalecho.bsky.social and with the sponsorship of AccessSIGCHI, @acm-sigchi.bsky.social and @sigaccess.bsky.social we're launching a new talk series for folks with disability/travel restrictions. Please volunteer! tinyurl.com/unheard-init...
A win for student expression on college campuses! Let’s keep it going. www.law.com/texaslawyer/...
Federal Judge Allows Students to Host Draggieland at Texas A&M University
A Federal Judge has ruled in favor a student group at Texas A&M University, allowing the Queer Empower Council to Host "Draggieland" on Thursday. The judge issued a preliminary injunction allowing the show to go on despite a ban on drag shows by the Texas A&M Board of Regents.
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🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Following inquiries, we are extending the deadline to the 20th. We look forward to your submission!
Mina Huh@minahuh.bsky.social · 2y agoIntroducing the 1st workshop on Generative AI and Accessibility (GAI+A11y@CHI25)! Come join us to build a community and discuss the opportunities and risks of GAI+Accessibility. More information on accessgaichi.com #CHI2025
People, including my husband, survive cancer because of NIH research!
Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2y ago"When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on years of research supported by NIH" apnews.com/article/nih-...
This is no time to run academia as if it were immune to sociology-political and environmental crisis. It is time to learn from each other how to put academia - and intellectual life more generally - at the service of society. My deepest thanks to all who continue to provide models and inspiration
As of today, more NIH study sections have been cancelled in 2025 then held. What does this mean for groundbreaking research that urgently needs funding? Critical proposals in aging, cancer, health outcomes, and bacterial virulence are now left without review. #standupforscience2025
Annika Barber@annikabarber.bsky.social · 2y agoWondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Introducing the workshop on Generative AI and Accessibility (GAI+A11y@CHI25)! Come join us to build a community and discuss the opportunities and risks of GAI+Accessibility. More information on accessgaichi.com. #CHI2025 #accessibility #disability
We got the OG data team up in here! So excited to have the Library of Congress @altlofc.bsky.social back in the fam. 📚🏛️📚
a man in a suit and sunglasses is sitting in front of a bookshelf and says the library is open .
Alt: RuPaul in a suit and sunglasses is sitting in front of a bookshelf and says the library is open .
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲@altspaceforce.altgov.info · 2y ago🚨 Special #AltGov Alert 🚨 An original - the OG from the stacks - is here! Please welcome my friend & library afficionado @altlofc.bsky.social to Bluesky!
“This tech could revolutionize how we experience sound”: Check out this #NSF video featuring research led by @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen prof @gshyam.bsky.social creating #AI headphones that amplify sounds you want to hear and mute ones you don’t. 🎧 youtu.be/ovZ-9BzwP-0?... #NSFfunded #UWdiscovers
Sound Bubbles from Headphones #shorts #audio #headphones
YouTube video by National Science Foundation News
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I want to see every scientific society going into emergency mode. This is a good example of how an organization can flex its specific power in a time of great need. What else is possible?
American Meteorological Society@ametsoc.org · 2y agoThe AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government. Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science. Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
No, University Endowments Can’t Replace Federal Science Funding
How Endowments Actually Work
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Science is not like your average tech startup or software co. There is no move fast and break things in science: progress takes years of meticulous work to document and validate so we can trust its accuracy. Disrupting this just means more years of waiting for patients. www.9news.com/article/news...
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A great article in NYTimes about what recent #DEIA rollbacks mean for research involving #disability (gift link) #DisabledinSTEM www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/s...
Accessibility Is Taking a Hit Across the Sciences (Gift Article)
Confusion has ensued about the future of programs and research supporting people with disabilities as a result of President Trump’s executive order.
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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
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“The professor noted that many faculty members voiced concerns about how the University’s actions will impact Penn’s “educational mission” and were upset about a “lack of proportionality between the relatively small percentage of the lost income versus the large 35% cut in [graduate] programs.”
Prof. Anthea Butler@antheabutler.bsky.social · 2y ago
