Dr. Slatin was a mentor to countless people in his field, and we are all in his debt. Anybody who's been to SXSW knows Austin is home to a vibrant accessibility community, and the UT and people like John are responsible for cultivating it. As painful as the loss of John has been to the field of accessibility, it would be especially sad to also lose his institute, all within the same year. We need the work of the Accessibility Institute to continue, in order to benefit a constituency which faces greater and more complex challenges to access than ever before. I firmly support this petition.