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Medium: Approaches Matter

Researching how technology can be used for active engagement to help people with dementia.

Individual with sight impairment using Morphic technology to bring up personal screen reader settings on a computer. (Image provided by the Trace Research & Development Center)

Press Release: Revelo Teams Up with University of Maryland for Digital Accessibility Pilot

Revelo Software, LLC has partnered with Dr. Jonathan Lazar to adapt iAccessible for use in his study.

Getting Personal: How People Who are Blind Can Leverage AI to Access the Visual World

The Teachable Object Recognizer mobile application uses AI and machine learning to help access the visual world.

Medium: What If Blind People Wear a Camera That Can Detect You in Public Spaces? (by Kyungjun Lee)

A research team from the UMD HCIL lab examine the social acceptance of wearable cameras.

Journal of Gerontological Nursing: Emerging Smart Home Technologies to Facilitate Engaging With Aging (featuring Amanda Lazar)

Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden, Dr. Jonathan Lazar, and Dr. Susan Winter (left to right) at the 2020 UMD Research Excellence Celebration

Dr. Jonathan Lazar Honored for High-Impact Research in ICT Accessibility

Setting the Bar for Computer Access

Dr. Renee Hill standing in front of Hornbake Library at the University of Maryland

UMD’s Dr. Renee Hill is Recipient of the NFB Accessibility Inclusion Fellowship Award

The Accessibility Inclusion Fellowship is one of the many ways the National Federation of the Blind is supporting accessibility for bli …

HCIM Students Mentor iSchool Undergraduates on Accessible and Inclusive Design