Lauren Race
NYU Ability Project / Accessibility Designer & Researcher
axe-con speaker in 2023, 2024
Pronouns: She/Her
Lauren Race is an accessibility designer, researcher, and educator, working in academia and industry. Her process combines human-centered, multisensory, and co-design methods to remove barriers to information access. She earned her master’s from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and currently works at the NYU Ability Project, a research lab dedicated to the intersection of disability and technology.
Read more about Lauren’s talk here: “Multisensory Design: Accessibility as a Creative Practice for Designers”
Watch Lauren’s 2023 talk here: “Maker/Space: a DIY, Accessible Workflow for Tactile Graphics Used in Zero-Gravity Flight“
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