In December, AccessCSforAll PI Richard Ladner and the Quorum programming language, led by AccessCSforAll PI Andreas Stefik, both received Champions of Computer Science (csedweek.org/awards) awards from the Computer Science Teachers鈥� Association and . The awards were presented by Melinda Gates on December 3 as part of a Computer Science Education Week (CSEd Week) kickoff program held at the 榴莲视频. Melinda Gates described the award as a 鈥渓ifetime achievement award鈥� with a different name, so as not to imply it is the end of their work. During CSEd Week, the NSF also promoted AccessCSforAll鈥檚 work in an .
As noted on the CSEd Week website, 鈥淲hile many organizations and programs have sought to make computer science available to all students, often it was through pathways and tools that were fundamentally inaccessible for students with disabilities.鈥� Ladner and Stefik鈥檚 work aims to change this.
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