Allen School professor emeritus Richard Ladner honored by ACM SIGCSE for expanding access to computer science education to empower students with disabilities

Although Allen School professor emeritus Richard Ladner started his career as one of the founders of the University of Washington’s theoretical computer science group, he has grown to become a leading researcher in accessible technology and an advocate for expanding access to computer science for students with disabilities. As a child of deaf educators, Ladner is deeply committed to accessibility and disability inclusion, and credits his first-hand experience with making him a more effective researcher. “Computing technology has changed the...