Been reading #chi2024 threads here and maybe it's just me but if we keep rejecting work that improves the state of the world on the basis of (pseudo-)scientific-rigor laws (without the opportunity of providing a rebuttal) then are we really advancing the field? 🤔

One of the things about chronic illness and lack of care, empathy, and respect you receive is that other folks willingly do not want to believe you. So many people cope with life by believing they can push through things and endure. But if something defies that? ...

Thanks Allen School for featuring me in the "I. Am. CSE." video series! (Check out other videos in the series at UW CSE's YouTube channel.) youtube.com/watch?v=oSBbE5…

As part of @uwcreate's DEIA Newsletter, Kelly Mack, Lucille Njoo, and I co-wrote "Three Myths and Three Actions: “Accommodating” Disabled Students." Hoping it'd help educators make grad school more equitable for disabled students! create.uw.edu/three-myths-an… #Disability #a11y

Thanks to the Open Scholarship Commons Fellowship by UW Libraries, I got to present a workshop on "Making Online Data Visualizations Accessible to Screen-Reader Users." Doing #dataviz #a11y research is even more satisfying when you get to share the knowledge with others!

The day President Ana Mari Cauce was in a selfie with Ather 😬 Thanks University of Washington Foundation Board for an amazing evening. Honored to have been among the @uwcreate researchers to present my work on UnlockedMaps! #a11y #dataviz

Super humbled to have received the 2024 UW Digital Accessibility Award (Individual category) on Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Congrats to Rock Pang Kelly Mack @jcmankoff and co. for receiving the award in Teams category. 🎉🎉 #gaad2024 #a11y

Usually I make these kinda posts witty, but I don't have the words so I'll just say what it is. I PASSED MY DEFENSE!! And these amazing people helped make this a reality, which was once nothing but an ambitious dream. Thanks Professrly Wobbrock 🧐 @reladner Jeffrey Heer & Joanne Woaik!

Thanks Golden Key HQ for recognizing my work to improve digital #a11y for disabled people, and awarding me the Golden Key Graduate Scholar Award! goldenkey.org/2024/05/30/gk-… #GKAThoughtLeader

Thanks The Seattle Times for publishing my op ed! It's something that's been on my mind for quite a bit and captures experiences of several disabled folks. The topic is nuanced and I hope that it serves its purpose to be a conversation starter! #disability seattletimes.com/opinion/indepe…

⭐ Read more about the recipient and nominees’ phenomenal work here: washington.edu/accesstech/get…

Ever wondered how screen-reader users interact with dynamic geovisualizations? 🤔 Check out our latest IEEE VIS short paper—AltGeoViz: Facilitating Accessible Geovisualization.🤗 Preprint: arxiv.org/pdf/2406.13853 Github: github.com/makeabilitylab…

Thanks for the article, Technical.ly! technical.ly/professional-d…