Research

My research focuses on accessibility, with three connected threads:

• Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) — how people who cannot rely on speech communicate, and how AAC systems are designed, adapted, and standardized.
• Deaf and hard-of-hearing (deaf/HoH) accessibility — accessible research methods and design practices for deaf and HoH participants.
• DIY adaptive tools and crip technoscience — how disabled people and their communities build, modify, and repurpose assistive technology on their own terms, including 3D-printed adaptations.

Across these threads, I’m interested in a shared question: how can accessibility research center the lived experience of disabled people, rather than treating them as edge cases or afterthoughts?