 A logo shaped like a circuit board of yellow lines and points in a blue outline of a human brain. Text is read aloud. Center for Neurotechnology, creating access for all. A National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Cheryl Bergstahler, CNT Diversity Director. Access ERC is a project funded by the National Science Foundation. It's actually a supplemental grant to the Engineering Research Center at the University of Washington, also funded by the National Science Foundation. There are about 15 of these centers across the country, and we were funded to help the other centers recruit and employ and engage individuals with disabilities and everything they do. The CNT webpage shows a photo of people smiling in a lab. A video of the people applying electrodes to a man's forearm. Circuitry flashes. When the man clenches his fist, a robotic pincer next to him mimics the motion. Shaila Kodadia, ERC Education, Outreach, and Diversity Manager, Sinberk. When we are organizing events, you know, we try to make them accessible to all. We ask people for their accessibility needs, and I work really, really hard to make sure everybody feels comfortable with whatever they do need. Roxanne Zellin, Director of Education and Outreach, Merth. The website is the first entrance into our program into what we do. And if that population cannot access it, what good is it? Chet Moritz, CNT Co-Director. Another aspect of this space that we really enjoy is the flexibility in the furniture. We can set it up in many different configurations to engage users, but we can also clear it out of the way if we have an event where many people with assistive devices are present. It's really an element of universal design. People arranged chairs, tables, and boards in a meeting room. Roy Charles, Director of Diversity, North Carolina State ERCs. I've worked in diversity for quite some time, and sometimes the conversation about diversity can focus very much on one or two particular groups, in part racial minorities and women, and not as much be discussed about persons with disabilities. Raja Shrao, CNT Co-Director. ERCs are designed to have huge impact in society by solving some of the major challenges in engineering that society is currently facing. And in order to have that kind of impact and to solve these important problems, we need to include every section of society, including people with disabilities, in all aspects of ERCs. Young people operate computers. Text is read aloud. To learn more about how you can incorporate accessibility and universal design in engineering research centers, visit the Access ERC website hosted by the University of Washington. Washington.edu slash d-o-i-t slash programs slash Access ERC. Access ERC is a supplement of the Center for Neurotechnology National Science Foundation grant number EEC-1028725. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this video are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Copyright 2022, University of Washington. Permission is granted to copy these materials for educational, non-commercial purposes provided the source is acknowledged.