CREATE student members are University of Washington students who are interested in a facet of accessibility: research, education, or translation-to-practice.
As a student member, you:
- Receive announcements and invitations for inclusive, accessible events such as seminars and talks with leaders in accessibility, maker meetups, and ASL meetups.
- Connect with the CREATE community through the CREATE Slack channel.
- Are eligible for CREATE Student Minigrants to support research projects in accessibility.
- Have opportunities to engage with our community, campus, and industry partners.
Become a member in 3 quick steps
New: A11y Bridge Funding for CREATE students and faculty
CREATE has established a small advocacy team and budget to support disabled CREATE students and faculty who are experiencing temporary barriers to accommodations. Learn more about A11y Bridge Funding.
Calendar just for CREATE students
The CREATE Students calendar is a pared down calendar of essential student events only.
Subscribe to the CREATE Students calendar
Ways to get involved in accessibility
| To learn about: | Consider these programs: | Get started: |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptive engineering design, hands-on adaptive making, and to connect with other students | HuskyAdapt: student-run group that learns about adaptive engineering design and creates adaptive toys that are distributed to the community. | Apply in October-November |
| Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) | DUB REU | Apply in January |
| Computing research and education | CRA-WP DREU: awards, scholarships and programs for undergrad and graduate students from underrepresented communities | Apply in March |
| Mentorship, internships, opportunities in computing fields | UW AccessComputing | ongoing |
| Academics | Accessibility courses at the UW | Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters |
| Networking, advocacy, accessibility learning | Teach Access student programs for networking with higher education, industry, and advocacy organizations while learning about accessibility | ongoing |
Learn More About Accessibility
STUDENT NEWS
CHI 2026: Papers and Presentations on Accessibility
March 23, 2026 Accessibility-related papers, presentations, and workshops from CREATE researchers at CHI 2026, the ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. We appreciate your patience as we continue to update this page. Congratulations to CREATE associate director Jon E. Froehlich, who will be honored with a Societal Impact Award at the 2026 SIGCHI Conference in Barcelona!…
Adaptive Solutions Mini-Hackathon: 2026 Recap
February 26, 2026 In January, CREATE and HuskyADAPT teamed up with the King County Library System (KCLS) to host a mini-hackathon to brainstorm and prototype solutions to accessibility problems. After an introduction to five real-world requests submitted by the disability community, participants self-selected their projects and got to work building their prototypes. These diverse teams…
Blind and Low Vision Teens Join CREATE through YES2 Summer Internships
September 3, 2025 This summer, CREATE hosted three high school/undergraduate interns through a program that focuses on career preparation for young Washingtonians who are blind or visually disabled. Left to right: YES2 intern Susanna Haley, DUB Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) student Kaija Frierson, YES2 intern Mohammed Al-jawadi, YES2 intern Kaleb The Washington Department of…
ASSETS 2025: CREATE Papers, Presentations and Demos
August 27, 2025 CREATE faculty, students, and alumni will be well represented at ASSETS 2025 in Denver this fall. In addition to the papers and experience reports listed below, these CREATE members are part of the ASSETS 2025 Program Committee: CREATE associate director Leah Findlater and several CREATE postdoctoral researchers: Emma McDonnell (also a CREATE…
Students: Apply for HuskyADAPT Leadership Positions
April 7, 2025 CREATE students are encouraged to join the HuskyADAPT leadership team through a variety of student chair positions. Applications are being accepted through Friday, April 18. Being on the leadership team involves approximately 5 hours per week of commitment, though this may vary based on your role and upcoming events. The HuskyADAPT chairs…