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[Bhavya shah]

Dear all,

Here is a chance to get some bright minds working on an access
challenge you face in collaboration with you.

Thanks.

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From: Bhavya Ashish Shah <bhavya at stanford.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:09:34 +0000
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Technology Course - Last Call for Project Suggestions
To: Bhavya shah <bhavya.shah125 at gmail.com>



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From: David L Jaffe <dljaffe at stanford.edu>
Sent: 22 November 2021 14:36
To: ENGR110/210 Community <dave-jaffe at stanford.edu>
Subject: Perspectives: The Newsletter of Stanford's Assistive
Technology Course - Last Call for Project Suggestions

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Design, Technology , and Engineering benefitting individuals with
disabilities and older adults in the local community
November 22, 2021
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Perspectives is the newsletter of the Stanford course,
Perspectives in Assistive Technology.

Last Call for Project Suggestions

This newsletter issue further describes course activities and plans
for the coming year.

Perspectives in Assistive Technology is a Winter Quarter Stanford
course - entering its sixteenth year - that explores the design,
development, and use of assistive technology that benefits people with
disabilities and older adults. It consists of semi-weekly in-person
discussions; lectures by notable professionals, clinicians, and
assistive technology users; a tour of an accessible inclusive
playground; student project presentations and demonstrations; and a
Assistive Technology Faire.

Thanksgiving Update

[3 Minions Thanksgiving]

Greetings, members of the Stanford's Assistive Technology course community,

With this issue, I'll continue to present plans for this coming
academic year's course as well as solicit student project suggestions.

Course News

[Last call image]

Last call for student project suggestions - If you eagerly anticipate
approaching deadlines, this is your time - the last call for student
project suggestions!

The course is in need of additional candidate projects for students to
pursue. You are strongly encouraged to submit project suggestions that
address a real challenge experienced by an individual with a
disability or older adult who lives in the local community that is not
adequately served by existing commercial products. (Perform an
internet search to verify this.) Your project suggestions should
target challenges including performing tasks such as working,
learning, moving, communicating, accessing home products (including
computers), and daily living activities such as cooking, cleaning,
creative expression, and pursuing happiness. Project suggestions that
explore design concepts that improve diagnosis, therapy, and
rehabilitation are also welcomed.

Identify and describe the challenge rather than imagining a solution.
At the minimum, submit a one-sentence description of the problem. The
most important requirements are: 1) the availability of a local person
with a disability or older adult who would benefit and work with the
student team, 2) no risk of harm or injury to the user, 3) a suitable
solution isn't already commercially available, and 4) the suggested
project must be of an appropriate scale, size, and complexity.

Please do this as soon as possible so I'll have adequate time to
consider all submissions, edit approved entries, and post them. The
deadline is Wednesday, December 1st. If I accept your project
suggestion, you will be invited to
"pitch"<http://web.stanford.edu/class/engr110/pitches.html> it to the
class on Thursday, January 6th. If a student team selects it, you will
have the opportunity to offer your advice, direction, and expertise in
person, by phone, and/or by email. For more information refer to the
Call for Project
Suggestions<http://web.stanford.edu/class/engr110//project-ideas.html>
webpage.

You can view the current candidate
Team<http://web.stanford.edu/class/engr110/team-projects.html> and
Individual<http://web.stanford.edu/class/engr110/individual-projects.html>
project descriptions.

Your contributions and participation will be much appreciated by me
and the students who will enrolled in the course.

This course relies on community involvement,
so please suggest a project based upon an identified problem or challenge.
[Four seated people, one is a wheelchair user]

Perspective of Stanford students with a Disability - Several students
have agreed to participate in a panel
discussion<http://web.stanford.edu/class/engr110/lecture03a.html> in
the class session on Tuesday, January 18th. They will talk about their
disabilities, the challenges they have faced, why they chose to attend
Stanford, their academic and career goals, and the assistive
technology they employ to be successful students.

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Haas Center for Public Service - Cardinal Course Grant - I am pleased
to announce that my Cardinal Course Grant proposal request was
approved. The grant will fund honoraria for some guest lecturers,
supplies and materials for student projects, and general course
expenses.

[Lecture Schedule Sign]

Guest Lecturer Schedule - The schedule of guest lecturers has been
finalized. For more information about each presenter and their topic,
browse to the course lecture schedule
webpage<http://web.stanford.edu/class/engr110/schedule.html>.
Community members are welcome to attend class sessions, but will have
to attest to being vaccinated or receiving a negative COVID test
result. Masking during class sessions may be required for everybody.

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Important Dates

  *   Wednesday, December 1st - Winter Quarter student enrollment opens
  *   Tuesday, January 4th - First class session of Perspectives in
Assistive Technology

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Updated website - The course
website<http://web.stanford.edu/class/engr110/index.html> has been
updated for this coming academic year. Major changes have been made to
the syllabus and project assignments.

Ongoing local event:

[A digital portrait of a large white woman with blue/purple dyed hair
in a ponytail. She is wearing a crop top that reads "The Future Is
Accessible" and a black plaid skirt. She is holding up a pen in her
right hand while sitting in a wheelchair and holding a pair of forearm
crutches. The background is art nouveau-inspired with purple wisteria
flowers.]

The Palo Alto Art
Center<https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Arts-Sciences/Palo-Alto-Art-Center>
is pleased to present The Art of Disability Culture: Artists with
Disabilities Dispelling Myths, Dissolving Barriers, and Disrupting
Prejudice. At the heart of this exhibition is a robust celebration of
the diverse, personal, and infinitely varied “disability experience".

Each of the twenty artists featured has one or more disabilities,
whether visible or invisible, and the exhibition centers upon their
creativity, vulnerability, and unique perspectives. The exhibition
celebrates how disability culture can strengthen our communities
through the practices of interdependence, accessibility, and
inclusion.

The Art of Disability Culture exhibition features numerous
accessibility components to ensure that the broadest possible audience
can experience the exhibition and related programs. Audio descriptions
are available for all works of art on view and are also accessible on
the website<https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Arts-Sciences/Palo-Alto-Art-Center/See-Art/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/The-Art-of-Disability-Culture>.
Braille labels and audio descriptions are also available for visitors.
Public programs include sign language interpretation and live
captioning.

When:           Running Tuesdays to Saturdays through December 11th
Where:          Palo Alto Art
Center<https://www.google.com/maps/@37.4441753,-122.1389482,340m/data=!3m1!1e3>
- 1313 Newell Rd., Palo Alto
Information:            Art of Disability Culture
Exhibition<https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Arts-Sciences/Palo-Alto-Art-Center/See-Art/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions>
- Performance Video<https://youtu.be/iWbVOIqi1Pc> (1:09:30)

Please contact me with your ideas, questions, comments, and project
suggestions - or just to say hello. Please continue to stay safe &
healthy.

Dave Jaffe - Course Instructor

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Dave<mailto:davejaffe at stanford.edu>.



-- 
Best Regards,
Bhavya Shah
Stanford University | Class of 2024
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavyashah125/