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Ability Project Work in the News

Judy Garland And Ray Bolger In 'The Wizard Of Oz'

Reginé Gilbert Quoted in Forbes.com

TCS Faculty, Reginé Gilbert discusses how Wizard of Oz design and evaluation techniques can be applied in inclusive design. 

2022, Forbes
A group of students playing keyboards in a classroom.

Music Technology and Accessibility: A VIP

NYU undergraduates in the MusEDLab VIP gain research skills while expanding access to non-visual music creation through technology. 

2022, Meet NYU
Museum Launches New Exhibit: Making History Accessible. Photo of youth interacting with exhibit.

Making History Accessible: Exhibit Opens at Intrepid Museum

NYU Ability Project Faculty and Student work are featured in accessibility exhibit at the Intrepid Museum during Fall 2021. 

2023, Making History Accessible | Intrepid Museum
2023, Team wins Museum Association of New York Award of Distinction
2021, Intrepid Press Release | Broadway World | Tandon Press Release
Exhibit Information
Cover of Fred and Me Novel: Depicts Allan and his Brother walking outside arm in arm.

Allan Goldstein Memoir Published

Allan Goldstein’s Memoir “Fred and Me: a WillowBrook Survivor’s Story” is published, telling the story of his relationship with his brother who lived at the Willowbrook State School. 

2023, PBS News Hour Brief but Spectacular take on how everybody can learn
2021, Daily News Op-Ed: A life worth living 
Eclipse Soundscapes Logo: drawing of an eclipse over an audio waveform.

Eclipse Soundscapes Citizen Science Project is selected for NASA SciAct Award

NYU Ability Project Faculty, Regine Gilbert is part of the Eclipse Soundscapes Project which focuses on making science accessible to all. This work is funded under the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s SciAct Program.
2021, ARISA Press Release | Tandon Press Release
A diverse group of Tech Kids Unlimited students sitting at laptops in a classroom.

Accessibility-focused research team will study how best to engage students on the autism spectrum in STEM

Faculty from the NYU Ability Project and CUNY Staten Island faculty partner with nonprofit Tech Kids Unlimited and receive funding from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program. 
2020, Tandon Press Release | NSF Award
Screenshot of Intrepid Mobile Guide showing a map of the Hangar Deck. Developing Interactive Mobile Guide for Intrepid Museum

NYU Ability Project and Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum partner to create interactive and accessible mobile guide amid COVID-19 Safety Protocols.
2020, NYU Press Release | Steinhardt Press Release
2021, NYU Arts Digest
Photo of USS Intrepid airship carrier taken from the water level. IMLS Grant Awarded for Museum Accessibility
NYU Ability Project and Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum partner to explore how interpretation in historic sites and museums can be made more accessible.
2019, NYU Press Release
Fingers touching a tactile schematic of a circuit diagram with braille labels Tactile Schematics
ITP Alum Lauren Race was profiled in IEEE Spectrum for her work on tactile diagrams for electronic schematics.2023, Creating Tactile Schematics using Fritzing, Hackester.io2019, IEEE Spectrum Article
People stand in NYU Dentistry's Multisensory room lit with colorful lights.

NYU Dentistry’s Oral Health Center for People with Disabilities.
NYU Ability Project helped design a multisensory room, filled with interactive technologies that allow patients an immersive environment to relax and reduce anxiety before treatment.
2019, New York CBS News
2019, AMNY Article
2019, NYU Press Release
2019, New York Times Article 
Web cam feed of woman with a cursor mapped to her nose and colorful musical keys (notes C through A) overlaid Google Creatability
ITP Alumn Claire Kearney-Volpe fostered a collaboration with Google Create labs and the accessibility community to create accessible creative tools. 
2019, New York PIX
2018, Google Video
2018, Venture Beat
A purple 3D printed therapeutic split covering a persons upper arm, lower arm, and wrist. 3D Printing Therapeutic Braces
NYU Ability Project collaborates with the Tandon Makerspace and NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital to design 3D printable therapeutic braces and prosthetics. 
2018, Cerebral Palsy News Today
Cooper-Hewitt CoLab students stand in a line holding posters summarizing their work. Cooper-Hewitt Co-Lab
NYU Ability Project partnered with the Cooper-Hewitt to explore how to broaden access to the museum. Projects focused on museum wayfinding, virtual reality, mobility, and website access. 
2018, Cooper Hewitt
2018, Press Release
Student projects 
Remote-control prototypes created using the cardboard toolkit.  Charter Access Project
A community-based research and development project aimed at creating accessibility in Charter Communications home entertainment products
2019, ACM SIGCHI Research Paper
2017 NYU Press Release
2015 NYU Press Release 
A prototype of a fully accessible and collapsable umbrella for motorized wheelchair users. Ability and Opportunity
Article summarizing student and faculty work from the Ability Project faculty and staff class, featuring the Wheelchair Umbrella, a tray for a walker, and Lola designed for children with autism.
2017 ASME

Faculty and Student Awards

Saki Asakawa smiling. Saki Asakawa (IDM M.S., 2021) receives Inclusive Excellence Award
Award given by the Tandon Office of Student Affairs to students, in particular graduating seniors and graduate students, to recognize outstanding academic achievement, service, leadership, and contributions within the NYU Tandon community. One award per department is given each year. Saki is a student in the Integrated Design and Media (IDM) Program within the Technology, Culture, and Society (TCS) Department.  
2021, Commencement profile about Saki
Allan Goldstein sitting with people with disabilities in classroom. Allan Goldstein listed as a Teaching Innovator by Chronicle of Higher Education
Award given to “faculty members who are using fresh approaches in their classrooms to help their students succeed [and] those who are in it for the long haul, who constantly revise their teaching to find what works, who deeply want to connect with their students.”
2017, Chronicle of Higher Education
2017, NYU Press Release
Dean Katepalli Sreenivasan smiling and pointing at Senior Lecturer Allan Goldstein at Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Awards Allan Goldstein receives NYU’s Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award
Goldstein received one of NYU’s most prestigious honors on February 7 — the Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award. Presented by NYU Provost Katherine Fleming and the NYU Division of Student Affairs, the award recognizes NYU professors who exemplify King’s teachings and commitment to social justice, and who, as Provost Fleming said at the awards ceremony, “push the envelope and encourage us to think in new ways and … to venture outside the walls of the university and align our scholarship and teaching with our actions.”
2017, NYU Press Release
ABILITY Lab Co-Director and Professor Anita Perr accepts ADA Sapolin Award on-stage with Mayor Bill de Blasio, Commissioner Victor Calise, and First Lady Chirlane McCray. Ability Project Receives 2016 ADA Sapolin Award
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities presented the NYU ABILITY Project with the ADA Sapolin Award. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to increasing accessibility for people with disabilities under the titles of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
2016, NYU Press Release

 

Teaching and Degree Programs

Students and Community members sitting at a table in a crowded classroom playing cards and working on a laptop. Disability Studies Minor Launched
The minor, which is based at Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development but open to students from across NYU, requires 16 credits — typically earned with one core course and three electives.
2016, NYU Press Release
Allan Goldstein at home leaning on a bench near a picture of his brother. Allan Goldstein Recognized for Teaching

Article featuring Allan Goldstein amongst other top instructors in New York City for his work creating the Disability Studies Class at Tandon. 
2015, New York Observer