David MahmarianinGoogle DesignA Summer Designing for AutismThis summer I packed up and moved to San Francisco to work on a 14-week project at Google. I joined the Material Design team as an…Sep 15, 20168Sep 15, 20168
David MahmarianinDesigning for AutismImproving AAC for ASDIn 2007, a severely autistic, nonverbal woman named Amanda Baggs published a video on YouTube describing the experience of living as a…Apr 28, 20166Apr 28, 20166
David MahmarianHow Taking a Step Backward Can Be the Best Way ForwardLast year I made the decision to leave my job in Miami and move to New York City to attend grad school. I had been working as an…Mar 24, 20164Mar 24, 20164
David MahmarianinDesigning for AutismDesigning for Autism: A Work in ProgressWhen my younger brother Paul was just 2 years old, he was diagnosed with severe autism. My parents explained to me that he might not ever…Feb 14, 20164Feb 14, 20164
David MahmarianA History of Autism and AACCurrently the rates of autism diagnosis in the United States are 1 in 68 children. With rates this high, most people have a relative or…Feb 3, 20161Feb 3, 20161
David MahmarianHow Context Shapes ContentRodney Mullen is arguably one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. He is known as the godfather of skateboarding for…Jan 27, 20162Jan 27, 20162
David MahmarianWhy I Decided to Attend Grad SchoolI am now in my second semester of grad school at SVA’s Interaction Design MFA program and I already feel that my life has changed. It has…Jan 19, 20162Jan 19, 20162
