Published inGoogle 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, 2016A response icon8Sep 15, 2016A response icon8
Published inDesigning 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, 2016A response icon6Apr 28, 2016A response icon6
How 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, 2016A response icon4Mar 24, 2016A response icon4
Published inDesigning 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, 2016A response icon4Feb 14, 2016A response icon4
A 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, 2016A response icon1Feb 3, 2016A response icon1
How 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, 2016A response icon2Jan 27, 2016A response icon2
Why 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, 2016A response icon2Jan 19, 2016A response icon2