Featured Appearances

Podcasts & Media

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IMPACT

IMPACT

Designing Systems That Work for Everyone At IMPACT 2026, I focused on a question that sits at the center of much of my work: what does it take to design…
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AERA

AERA

Returning to AERA with Purpose Each year, AERA offers a moment to step back and ask a simple question: what are we learning, and how is it shaping what comes…
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Spokane

Spokane

In Spokane, I had the opportunity to speak with a community that is actively asking what it means to move accessibility forward in real ways. What stood out to me…
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Podcasts

Start Where You Are — Stop Thinking, Start Doing

December 2025

Rethinking How We Work in Groups with Dr. Stephanie Cawthon
Hosted by Kim Lloyd and Sue Donaher. Dr. Cawthon discusses the everyday teams we are all part of — friends, family, coworkers — and how each person brings something unique and valuable. Covers accessibility, leadership, and human potential. (27 min)

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We’re Not Stumped

April 2025

Stephanie W Cawthon Disability Is Human Interview
In this episode of We're Not Stumped, host Mike Bolland welcomes Dr. Stephanie Cawthon, a disabled author, speaker, and researcher, to discuss her groundbreaking new book, Disability as Human. As a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and the founder of the National Disability Center for Student Success, Stephanie wears many professional "hats" in her mission to advance accessibility and disability inclusion.

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Teaching in Higher Ed

January 2025

Disability Is Human — The Vital Power of Accessibility in Everyday Life
Dr. Cawthon discusses her book with host Bonni Stachowiak, covering myths about disability, the cost of accommodation framing, and how to build more accessible learning environments. Recorded with ASL interpretation and full video/transcript.

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Women's Leadership Success

December 2024

Building True Inclusion and Access
Dr. Cawthon offers advice to senior business leaders on disability inclusion and accessibility as a leadership strategy.

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Your Working Life (with Caroline Dowd Higgins)

November 2024

Disability Is Human with Dr. Stephanie Cawthon
22-minute conversation on the power of accessibility, navigating disability language, and what organizations can do to create truly inclusive cultures.

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Unstoppable Mindset Podcast

October 2024

Unstoppable Teacher and Disability Expert with Stephanie Cawthon
Wide-ranging conversation with host Michael Hingson covering Dr. Cawthon's early life, career path, and the founding of the National Disability Center for Student Success.

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AdaptX Podcast

September 2024

Disability Is Human with Dr. Stephanie Cawthon
Conversation with host Brendan on accessibility, disability lived experience, and the release of Disability Is Human.

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Exceptional Lives

February 2024

Life Skills for Young Adults with Disabilities: Tips from a Champion for Disabled Students
Dr. Cawthon shares research-backed guidance for supporting young adults with disabilities in postsecondary transitions.

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The Agile Academic

August 2023

Stephanie Cawthon on Connection and Disability
Hosted by Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark, this 30-minute episode covers disability advocacy, the power of connection in higher education, and Dr. Cawthon's work founding initiatives that have lasting impact.

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In the Media

  • Daily Texan:
    Sticking to Standardized: A Look at Past, Present, Future Roles of Testing in Admissions

  • Austin American Statesman:
    ‘They’re there for Texas’: How UT Austin Researchers Make an Impact

  • Exceptional Lives:
    Life Skills for Young Adults with Disabilities: Tips from a Champion for Disabled Students

  • COE News:
    The Making of a Deaf Capo

  • The Uplift:
    Planning for Access: Teaching & Leading for Engagement and Inclusion

  • In Her Sight:
    Disability Awareness: 5 Tips for Making Your Management Style More Inclusive

  • Chronicle of Higher Education:
    Teaching | How Students Can Help Create More Accessible Courses

  • The Daily Texan:
    UT Introduces Disabled Faculty Equity Council to Promote Campus Accessibility

  • American Bar Association:
    Accessibility and Achieving Equity in the Workplace

  • The Daily Texan:
    UT Community Members Create Strategies to Improve Inclusivity for Students with Disabilities

  • Inside Higher Education:
    A Difficult Pathway for Faculty with Disabilities

  • The Mind Hears:
    All about Dr. Stephanie W. Cawthon

  • K-12 Dive:
    Report from SXSW EDU

  • Advancing ALTELLA:
    Expert Q&A on Assessment

  • Salesforce 360:
    Clear Face Masks and Access in the Workplace

  • MindBodyGreen:
    How to Communicate with Deaf Community While Wearing a Face Mask

  • KXAN (NBC):
    COVID-19 Highlights the Importance of Interpretation Services in Health Care

  • National Public Radio (WBUR):
    Disability Advocates Worry The Quick Shift to Online Learning Could Overlook Needed Accommodations

  • KXAN (NBC):
    Austin team launches first ASL-accessible video game

  • The Hill:
    First Starbucks “Signing Store” Proves Power of Access (op-ed)

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