Rachel F. Adler

You're on the Ball: Using Games to Explore Accessibility for Neurodivergent Users | Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.1

Had a great time at #SIGCSE2026. You can check out our paper here! dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Diversity Has Become a Dirty Word. It Doesn’t Have to Be. I have an identical twin sister. Although our faces can unlock each other’s iPhones, even the two of us are not exactly the same. If identical twins can differ, wouldn’t most people be different too? ...

My new op-ed: Diversity Has Become a Dirty Word. It Doesn’t Have to Be. thefulcrum.us/inclusion-di...

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The #iSchoolUI has 🔸FOUR🔹 open faculty positions in the areas: Information Sciences, Information, Culture & Society, Information Behavior/HCI/UX, and Early Literacies!

Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs

Word cloud of PACM HCI Volume 9, Issue 7 (CSCW) topics.

Exciting news! Just in time for the start of #cscw2025, the new issue of PACM HCI is out, featuring 400+ articles accepted at CSCW. All should be free to view now and many are open access. dl.acm.org/toc/pacmhci/...

Toward Designing Accessible and Meaningful Software for Cancer Survivors | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction Cancer survivors experience a wide range of impairments arising from cancer or its treatment, such as chemo brain, visual impairments, and physical impairments. These impairments degrade their quality of life and potentially make software use more ...

Our latest CSCW paper is out - Toward Designing Accessible and Meaningful Software for Cancer Survivors: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Join us for Teaching Accessibility Across Disciplines: Perspectives from ADA Title II, a virtual #ASSETS2025 workshop, featuring a keynote address by @amyko.phd!
📅 Oct 22, 9 AM–2 PM CT
🔗 Info: sites.google.com/view/teach-a...
📝 Register: assets25.sigaccess.org/registration...

Come hear Kyrie Zhou present our two CSCW 2025 papers!

Designing an mHealth prototype for people with disabilities: insights from co-design and heuristic evaluation The transition from inpatient rehabilitation to community living poses significant challenges for individuals with newly acquired disabilities. Peer navigators, individuals with lived experience, a...

Check out our article: Designing an mHealth prototype for people with disabilities: insights from co-design and heuristic evaluation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: September Teach Access Quarterly Meetup. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Join us for our September meetup! We want to bring more people into the accessibility fold — so this month, we’re encouraging everyone to bring a friend or two (whether they’re new to accessibility o...

For our next virtual Teach Access Alumni Network event (September 9 @2pm CT/3pm ET), everyone is encouraged to bring a friend as we play "Two Truths and a Lie: Accessibility Edition." Looking forward to seeing you there! Registration info: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We're excited to announce our workshop on "Teaching Accessibility Across Disciplines" (sites.google.com/view/teach-a...) co-located with #ASSETS2025! Submit your papers by 8/15!

Why Accessibility on Campuses Matters More Than Ever by Dr. Rachel F. Adler - VISIBLE Magazine Even as the Trump administration slashes critical funding for services that support people with disabilities, public institutions are scrambling to meet rigorous accessibility standards stipulated by ...

My latest op-ed: Why Accessibility on Campuses Matters More Than Ever visiblemagazine.com/why-accessib... via @visiblemagazine #TheOpedProject

SIGCSE Special Projects Application Since 2003, SIGCSE has awarded a limited number of Special Projects Grants each year. These grants help SIGCSE members investigate and introduce new ideas in the learning and teaching of computing. Pr...

🚨 SIGCSE Members: Apply now for Special Project Grants (up to $5,000)! 🚀
Deadline: May 15, 2025 🗓️
Support computing education innovation 💡
Apply 👉 forms.gle/HfuM8EZxDKNV...
More info 👉 sigcse.org/programs/spe...
#SIGCSE #CSed #EdTech #Grants

Exploring the Diversity of Music Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction Music plays an important role in the personal fulfillment and cognitive performance of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) individuals. Since deafness is a spectrum -- as are DHH individuals' preferences a...

Our CSCW paper is out: Exploring the Diversity of Music Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Jahadakbar, Maryam Welcome to my scheduling page. Please follow the instructions to add an event to my calendar.

We are looking to interview parents of children with autism (or therapists working with them) about their experiences with gamified technologies. If you have time to volunteer for a 1 hour interview you can sign up here to speak to Maryam (phd student): calendly.com/maryamj3

I'm excited to start planning for our new #SIGCSE Special Projects grant titled "Building an Inclusive Future: Teaching Accessibility to K-12 Teachers"

Shout-out to: @heidikstevens.bsky.social #TheOpedProject

We Need To Ensure Federal Protections for the Disabled | The Opinion Pages When Secretary of Education Linda McMahon fumbled with what IDEA stands for, even as she defended the layoffs of more than 1,300 Department of Education employees, it spoke to how little thought is gi...

My latest op-ed in The Opinion Pages on recent federal changes and how it is impacting people with disabilities.

theopinionpages.com/2025/03/we-n...

Opening Digital Doors: Early Lessons in Software Accessibility for K-8 Students | Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1

Check out our #SIGCSE2025 paper Opening Digital Doors: Early Lessons in Software Accessibility for K-8 Students dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Postdoc opportunity at the School of Information Sciences, Urbana-Champaign. Teaching one course a semester. Application deadline April 1, but they recommend conversation with potential faculty mentors in advance of that date. Renewable for a second year. Pls RT! ischool.illinois.edu/research/pos...

The Teach Access Alumni Network invites you to connect Tuesday, March 4, 3–4 PM ET for a conversation about the challenges we face surrounding accessibility, ideas that will move us forward, and how we can build a strong, united community by taking meaningful action. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Several conferences and journals added to the starter pack
@tei-conf.bsky.social @chiwork.bsky.social
@sportshci.bsky.social
@iwcjournal.bsky.social

Use the starter pack to follow these HCI venues, and ping me if you know more to add!

go.bsky.app/GN935Hq

Empowering access: Integrating multiple means of engagement when teaching accessible design principles - Education and Information Technologies Although digital accessibility topics are increasingly gaining inclusion in university computing classrooms, many instructors still encounter difficulties in engaging students with this subject. The U...

Our paper is out: Empowering access: Integrating multiple means of engagement when teaching accessible design principles link.springer.com/article/10.1...

With thanks to @TheOpEdProject @micheleweldon.bsky.social #PublicVoices

Work-Life Balance: Practice Iteration over Perfection – Women's eNews "For the 6th year in a row, women are significantly less satisfied across almost all 26 job satisfaction components surveyed.”

My OpEd: Work-life balance & New Year’s resolutions “Achieving work-life balance may never be perfect, but remains an ongoing process of iteration and refinement—for women, mothers, and everyone.
In 2025, let’s commit to supporting ourselves and one another—at work and at home—for a happy new year.”

Two tenure-track positions in AI at the School of Information Sciences, UIUC. Artificial intelligence is broadly construed here to include AI policy, governance, ethics, AI for cultural heritage, &c. Review of applications will start Jan 6th. Please RT and share! #MLSky #NeurIPS

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The feeling when you always fail the human checks on websites....

Same. Got rejected from a grant proposal today.

I'd like to get added as well thanks.

Day 2, I am slowly but surely finding my #ComputingEducation / #CSed community here on Bluesky 🦋

Who did I miss?
go.bsky.app/4CFkrJa

I am going Sunday!