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YY Teng

@yyteng.com

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learning, questioning, synthesizing, designing PhDing@northwesternU, CS@columbia.  used to work in architecture now in exile. #HCI www.yyteng.com

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YY Teng @yyteng.com · 13/09/2026

At #CHI2026, we (w/ Darren Gergle) proposed a new frame, Developmental Flourishing: assistive technology not for access, but through which blind and low-vision (BLV) people explore, create, and make meaning. At #CSCW2026, we share a sequel on mixed-ability collaboration (preprint: on my website).

Front page of the paper "Developmental Flourishing in Mixed-Ability Collaboration" to appear in CSCW2026 Companion.

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YY Teng @yyteng.com · 16/04/2026

#CHI2026 Today 2:15pm📍Green Zone #8! Our poster "Access Is Not Enough: Toward Developmental Flourishing." Two versions: one visual, one OCR-optimized. If BLV folks have a different process, the poster should too. Come debate: What is the purpose of assistive technology, and how?

CHI poster design with two versions. On the left is a visually rich design featuring colors, images, and a diagrammatic layout. On the right is a version optimized for OCR legibility, where subsections are sequentially numbered and the text uses a monospace, OCR-friendly font.

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YY Teng @yyteng.com · 12/04/2026

"Access Is Not Enough", we need a new frame. At #CHI2026, we share an opinion paper at Thursday’s poster session that reorients assistive technology toward “Developmental Flourishing.” The “access” frame has driven important advances, but measuring success by outcome equivalence overlooks (1/5)

front page of the paper titled "Access Is Not Enough: Toward Developmental Flourishing" by Yuanyang (YY) Teng and Darren Gergle, Northwestern University

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