Yasmine Elglaly (she/her) is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Western Washington University (WWU). She founded the KIND (Komputing for INclusion, and Disability) research lab at WWU, dedicated to innovatively raising awareness about accessibility and disability through design and education. Yasmine explores diverse methods for imparting accessibility and disability knowledge within fundamental computer science and machine learning courses. Yasmine serves as the secretary of Teach Access executive committee and the co‑chair of SIGCSE’s universal design committee. She is also a Community Ambassador at WWU for supporting diversity, equity, and inclusivity.
Posts by Yasmine Elglaly
- Accessibility is a team effort. It is not exclusive to user research or front‑end development.
- Disabled people are digital creators and consumers. We need accessibility in design and development tools.
- Inaccessible software does not only eliminate or limit access, but it can also cause harm to some users.
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