Winter Quarter 2019

          
Perspectives in Assistive Technology
ENGR110/210

          

David L. Jaffe, MS
Lathrop Library, Classroom 282
Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4:30pm to 5:50pm

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Tuesday, January 22nd

Perspectives of Stanford Students with a Disability
David Stentiford, Trisha Kulkarni, Zina Jawadi, Rachael Wallach, Evan Feinberg, and (possibly) Bryce Connor Tuttle and Brickelle Bro

photo of Trisha Kulkarni  photo of Trisha Kulkarni  photo of Zina Jawadi  photo of Rachael Wallach  photo of Evan Feinberg
  photo of Bryce Tuttle  photo of Brickelle Bro

Abstract: In this panel discussion, several Stanford students with disabilities will discuss how their disabilities have impacted their lives, the challenges they have faced, their academic goals, and the assistive technology they employ to be successful students.

Confirmed Panelists:

David Stentiford's Biosketch:
David Stentiford is a PhD Candidate in the Program in Modern Thought and Literature. His research is based in the interdisciplinary field of Environmental Humanities, and his dissertation examines contemporary discourses and practices related to ecological intervention, that is, the deliberate reorganization of Nature. David is an avid text-to-speech user.
Trisha Kulkarni's Biosketch:
"I am a freshman at Stanford this year. At this point in time, I have not declared a major, but I am exploring my interest in Symbolic Systems, Management Science and Engineering, and Computer Science. When I was in middle school, I unexpectedly lost my vision to a retinal detachment and other complications with my eyes, but with the unwavering support of my family, friends, and educators, I have still been able to reach my personal and academic goals. Last summer I received a scholarship from the National Federation of the Blind which has sparked my involvement in the organization. I am currently co-chair of the California Association of Blind Students fundraising committee as well as a proud member of the National Association of Blind Students. On the weekend of January 25th, I will be traveling to Washington DC for the NABS Leadership Summit and Washington Seminar where I will have the opportunity to learn about legislation surrounding people with disabilities and advocate for national educational reform to our US senators."
Zina Jawadi's Biosketch:
Zina Jawadi graduated this past June with a degree in Biology and is now a co-term student in Bioengineering. She has been involved with disability advocacy on campus through Power2ACT and the ASSU Executive Cabinet and is currently involved with the Stanford Disability Initiative. Outside of Stanford, Zina is the president of the Hearing Loss Association of America, California State Association, an affiliate of the Hearing Loss Association of America, the largest nonprofit representing people with hearing loss in the US. Zina founded a disability awareness program at her high school, The Harker School, and previously researched and created a video about techniques for teaching mainstreamed students with hearing loss.
Rachael Wallach's Biosketch:
Rachael Wallach is a student in Stanford's Graduate School of Business and is the founder of Disrupt Disability, a social enterprise that has created the first modular wheelchair that a user can continually customize for function or fashion to their body, environment, and individual style. She started using a wheelchair when she was 18 years old, before she went to Cambridge University to study Philosophy. After graduating she pursued a fast track management training scheme in public administration. Rachael went on to commission health and social care services on behalf of UK Local Government and the National Health Service and lead central government program that built the capacity of health and social care not-for-profits and helped them win government service contracts. She has been an advisor to the UK Government’s Office for Disability Issues, was Vice Chair of Scope (the UK’s largest Disability Charity) and has served on the boards of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, Community Integrated Care (the UK’s largest not-for-profit social care provider) and was a founding trustee of the Global Disability Innovation Hub.
Evan Feinberg's Biosketch:
Evan Feinberg is a PhD Candidate at Stanford in Computational Biophysics. In his research, Evan works with Professor Vijay S. Pande on in silico approaches for drug discovery. While he has struggled with chronic pain and compartment syndrome since his college days at Yale, Evan has felt empowered to advance the field of chronic pain management through his research on the µ Opioid Receptor. Most recently, he has been developing deep neural network architectures to identify lead molecules for developing new medicines.

Yet to be Confirmed Panelists:

Bryce Connor Tuttle's Biosketch:
"It took me a while to learn how to read. Though I loved to hear my mom read aloud or listen to audio books, I struggled through deciphering each word, unable to piece together the chains of sounds my classmates could easily create from the letters on the page. In third grade I was diagnosed with dyslexia. It is a label I have carried with pride throughout the rest of my life. I credit my dyslexia with my ability to devise unorthodox solutions. As my uncle says, 'only coming up with one way to spell a word is terribly uncreative'."
Brickelle Bro's Biosketch:
Brickelle Bro began swimming at the age of eight and had fibular hemimelia and amniotic band syndrome before birth, resulting in the amputation of both of legs below the knee. Bro made a name for herself at the 2011 CanAms and the 2012 Paralympic Trials as she went on to finish fifth at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. She set American records in the 1000y free and 1650y free as a high schooler and broke the 1650y record again as a freshman at Stanford University. Her interests include volunteering, video editing and production, playing the piano, and hiking. She has set up a foundation called 'My Feet Don't Stink', which aims to empower young girls who have an impairment. May 2011 she received the John Lynch Foundation Exceptional Star of the Year Award. She was named the 2011 Colorado Disability Swimmer of the Year.
Lecture Material:
Pre-Lecture Slides - 639 Kb pdf file
Slides - 1.78 Mb pdf file
Photos - 835 Kb pdf file
Links:
Office of Accessible Education Links:
Office of Accessible Education Video: Welcome to Stanford University
Guide to the Office of Accessible Education
Office of Accessible Education helps students with disabilities realize their full potential
Zina Jawadi's Links:
The Invisible Disability by Zina Jawadi
Zina Jawadi - Hearing Loss Association of America, California State Association
David Stentiford's Links:
Text-to-Speech Tools and Techniques for Mac and iOS
The Social Model of Disability
Rachael Wallach's Links:
Disrupt Disability: designing wheelchairs with a difference
Web Summitt video
Disrupt Disability
Rachael's email
Evan Feinberg's Link:
Genesis Therapeutics
Other Links:
2012 Stanford Daily article - Panel reflects on life at Stanford with a Disability
2014 Stanford Daily article - An Overlooked Minority by Aubrie Lee
Power2ACT seeks community center for students with disabilities by Edan Armas
Brickelle Bro finds her niche at Stanford by Kit Ramgopal

Updated 01/23/2019

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