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SPEAKER 1: Center
For Neurotechnology.

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Creating access for all.

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SHERYL BURGSTAHLER:
Access ERC is

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a project funded by the
National Science Foundation.

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It's actually a supplemental
grant to the Engineering

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Research Center at the
University of Washington,

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also funded by the National
Science Foundation,

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and there are about 15 of these
centers across the country.

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And we were funded to help
the other centers recruit,

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and employ, and engage
individuals with disabilities

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in everything they do.

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SHAILA KOTADIA: When we
are organizing events,

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we try to make them
accessible to all.

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We ask people for their
accessibility needs.

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And I work really,
really hard to make

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sure everybody feels comfortable
with whatever they do need.

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ROXANNE ZELLIN: The website
is the first entrance

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into our program
into what we do.

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And if that population cannot
access it, what good is it?

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CHET MORITZ: So another
aspect of this space

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that we really enjoy is the
flexibility in the furniture.

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We can set it up in many
different configurations

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to engage users.

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But we can also clear
it out of the way

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if we have an event where many
people with assistive devices

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are present.

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And so really an element
of universal design.

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ROY CHARLES: I've worked in
diversity for quite some time

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and sometimes the
conversation about diversity

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can focus very
much on one or two

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particular groups in part,
racial minorities, and women,

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and not as much be
discussed about persons

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with disabilities.

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RAJESH RAO: The ERC are designed
to have huge impact in society

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by solving some of
the major challenges

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in engineering that society
is currently facing.

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And in order to have
that kind of impact

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and to solve these
important problems,

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we need to include every
section of society, including

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people with disabilities
in all aspects of ERCs.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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SPEAKER 1: To learn
more about how

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you can incorporate
accessibility

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and universal design in
engineering research centers,

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visit the access
ERC website hosted

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by the University of Washington.

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Washington.edu/d
oit/programs/accesserc.

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AccessERC is a supplement of
the Center for Neurotechnology

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National Science Foundation
Grant Number EEC-1028725.

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Any opinions, findings, and
conclusions, or recommendations

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expressed in this video
are those of the authors

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and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the National

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Science Foundation.

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Copyright 2022.

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University of Washington.

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Permission is granted
to copy these materials

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for educational,
non-commercial purposes

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is acknowledged.