Why we need to get more people with disabilities involved in developing technology

Jun 9, 2021

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Garreth Tigwell

Rochester Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences

Kristen Shinohara

Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology

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