Press
Ability Project Work in the News
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
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. |
![]() |
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. |
![]() |
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. |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
NYU Dentistry’s Oral Health Center for People with Disabilities. |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
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 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 |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
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 (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 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 |
![]() |
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 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
![]() |
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 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. |