AccessComputing PI Wins Two Awards

By Brianna Blaser, DO-IT Staff
DO-IT collaborator and AccessComputing Principal Investigator (PI) Richard Ladner has recently received two awards related to his work broadening the participation of people with disabilities in computing fields. This January at the National Science Foundation鈥檚 STEM-CP: Computing Education for the 21st Century PI Meeting, Richard received the Broadening Participation Community Award 鈥渋n recognition of excellence and leadership in increasing access to computing for students with disabilities.鈥 At the meeting, Richard delivered a keynote address titled 鈥淎ccessibility Is Not Enough.鈥
This February, at the Tapia Celebration of Computing, Richard received the Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science, and Diversifying Computing.聽 He was honored 鈥渇or his incredible commitment and contributions to the disability community in computing.鈥
We鈥檙e lucky to have Richard as a partner in DO-IT鈥檚 efforts and look forward to continuing to work with him. Find more information about Richard鈥檚 efforts at .