RadMad Lab URAP Projects
URAP = Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program
CURRENT PROJECTS
![Filler navy blue image](https://disabilitylab.studentorg.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-6.03.19-PM-1-e1681781230820.png)
➔ ACADEMIC ABLEISM
A research investigation into inequality and ableism experienced by undergraduate and graduate disabled students.
![Radical Mapping](https://disabilitylab.studentorg.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RM1.jpeg)
➔ RADICAL MAPPING
A mapping and navigation tool that embodies the knowledge and ways of moving of disabled students.
![The prototype for Sense-able Computing input is a magnetic board for connecting code.](https://disabilitylab.studentorg.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20191204_1401520-768x373-1.jpeg)
➔ SENSE-ABLE COMPUTING
An integrated development environment (IDE) that does not use a screen/keyboard/mouse for teaching early learners coding and robotics.
![](https://disabilitylab.studentorg.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_6424_720-1.png)
➔ POSITIVE AIR RESPIRATOR
An affordable, open-source breathable mask design to protect from COVID and wildfires smoke.
![Tactile sex ed model of the female reproductive system](https://disabilitylab.studentorg.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/maxresdefault.jpeg)
➔ GENA: MODELS FOR INCLUSIVE SEX ED
Tactile sex education models for the blind and visually impaired.
![Measuring foam to make a wheelchair arm rest model](https://disabilitylab.studentorg.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_5789.jpeg)
➔ JOYSTICK IN THE RAIN
An affordable and easy-to-make joystick cover for the power wheelchair.
![Free beeps Arduino creation combining an ultrasonic proximity sensor with buzzer](https://disabilitylab.studentorg.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/78042705_778509555929608_8049461959080280064_n-1-768x1024-1.jpeg)
A sensor to help wheelchair/scooter users back up safely.
![Prototype of adaptive game controller](https://disabilitylab.studentorg.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screen-Shot-2021-06-26-at-12.31.27-PM.png)
➔ ADAPTIVE GAME CONTROLLER
An accessible game controller for people with fine motor skill impairment.
![Disabled dog, Val, with RadMad Lab and the ramp they built for him.](https://disabilitylab.studentorg.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/79191329_602997863772270_5020377368099815424_n.jpeg)
➔ A POOCH RAMP
A one-day project to build an accessible ramp for a disabled dog.
![](https://disabilitylab.studentorg.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pexels-photo-921294.jpeg)
➔ LIGHT SENSITIVITY
A way to measure a room’s light quality in order to predict which ones would be problematic for students sensitive to lighting.