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Building an accessible digital Wales
Dr. Jonathan Lazar shares about the Born Accessible Model for accessibility in Wales in the public sector.
Bridging Accessibility, Law & HCI: A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Lazar
Dr. Jonathan Lazar speaks with the International Association of Accessibility Professionals for episode 52 of the United in Accessibility podcast.
Alumni Profile: How One Alum Went From Doodling to Design Systems
Sparsh Paliwal, a graduate of UMD’s HCIM program shares his journey from doodling towards designing and how it led him to Adobe.
UMD MIDA Researchers Play Major Role at ASSETS 2024 Conference
UMD faculty and students provide leadership and research insights at international technology accessibility research conference in Canada.
Journalists visit UMD to learn about our AI initiatives
Thank you to guest journalists Fisayo Fosudo and Dashveenjit Kaur for visiting our University of Maryland facilities and learning more about our AI initiatives! Always great to coordinate with U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Press Center to help our research reach all corners of the globe! The journalists toured the SMART Lab, RAAS Lab and…
MIDA Is Helping Lead the World Towards Born-Accessible Design
Disability rights advocates often call for digital technologies and content to be built using a born-accessible approach. The born-accessible approach involves building accessibility into digital technologies and content from the beginning, meaning that only technologies that are accessible are released to users. This should lead to lower costs and eliminate the delay in access when…
