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Individuals with Disabilities in PhD Programs & the Professoriate

Individuals with Disabilities in PhD Programs & the Professoriate. Sheryl Burgstahler. Handouts. Bookmark - note “The Faculty Room” Broadening Participation in S&E by Welcoming Participants with Disabilities Equal Access: Universal Design of Your Project

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Individuals with Disabilities in PhD Programs & the Professoriate

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  1. Individuals with Disabilities in PhD Programs & the Professoriate Sheryl Burgstahler

  2. Handouts • Bookmark - note “The Faculty Room” • Broadening Participation in S&E by Welcoming Participants with Disabilities • Equal Access: Universal Design of Your Project • Equal Access: Universal Design of Computing Departments www.washington.edu/doit

  3. DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking & Technology • AccessSTEM: The Alliance for Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics • AccessComputing: The Alliance for Access to Computing Careers

  4. Activities • Prepare students through transition workshops, summer programs, e-mentoring, peer support, internships, … • Improve accessibility & acceptance in courses, employment, technology, services…

  5. 0 Barriers to Success • Diminished/different support systems at different academic levels • Little access to successful role models • Inadequate self-advocacy skills • Lack of access to technology that can increase independence, productivity, & participation • Inadequate accommodations • Low expectations & other negative attitudes on the part of people with whom they interact - National Org on Disabilities

  6. “I broke my leg a month ago & now some people act completely different towards me just because I’m in a wheelchair.” - Jeff, posted at www.dizabled.com/

  7. “One of our professors is confined to a wheelchair.” “One of our professors uses a wheelchair.”

  8. People with Disabilities • Caution: problems with statistics • 11% of postsecondary students self-report disabilities. • Institutions report 1-3% of students have disabilities. 1/4 of students with disabilities disclose them to the institution. • 27% undergraduates with & without disabilities major in STEM. 17%/19% graduate students with/without disabilities major in STEM.

  9. S&E Doctorates, 2006 306 (1%) earned by students with disabilities: • Learning disabilities 89 • Physical/orthopedic disabilities 85 • Deaf/hard of hearing 43 • Blind/visually impaired 30 • Vocal/speech disabilities 12 • Other, multiple, unspecified 47 Most disabilities are not obvious.

  10. 0 Historical PerspectiveExclusionAccommodationUniversal Design

  11. 0 Accommodation = Alternate format, service, &/or adjustment for a specific individual with a disability

  12. 0 Universal Design = “the design of products & environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.” - The Center for Universal Design, www.design.ncsu.edu/cud

  13. Universal Design is: • an attitude that values diversity, equity, & inclusion. • a goal. • practices that make products & environments welcoming, accessible, & usable. • a proactive process that can be implemented in incremental steps. • can be routinely applied to physical spaces, technology, instruction, services, etc. • minimizes the need for special accommodations for individuals.

  14. Quiz 1. When a professor cannot tell that an emergency alarm is blaring, is it because …???????

  15. Response choices: • she is deaf? • she did not arrange for someone to help her? • the emergency alarm system designer neglected to provide both visual & audio warning signal? • the administrator selected an inaccessible alarm system?

  16. Quiz 2. Ten professors met to discuss the design of the electrical engineering curriculum. One professor requested a sign language interpreter. When the invoice arrived…

  17. Who is right about the cost of interpreters? • Accountant: “Ouch. $80 for one person? That is expensive!” • Faculty leader: “Oh, no, the cost was only $8 for each person.”

  18. Examples: UD of Your Project/Department • Planning, policies, & evaluation • Staff & faculty • Courses, presentations, events • Physical environments, products • Information resources/technology

  19. Information Resources • Websites (program, department, university, professional organizations, STEM journals) adhere to accessibility standards • Publications available in alternate formats • Videos captioned. Audio transcribed. • A statement in position announcements/ publications/websites tells how to request accommodations • Pictures in publications & on website include people with disabilities

  20. Think About Signs HANDICAPPED ENTRANCE AT NORTH END OF BUILDING

  21. Universal Design: Live It!

  22. Suggestions for AGEPs • Collect disability statistics. • Recruit people with disabilities to Ph.D. programs & faculty positions. • Routinely apply universal design. • Review communication tips. • Consult a student/professor with a disability about what works best for him/her. • Know your resources (campus disability services, 6 RDE-funded alliances)

  23. AccessSTEM Knowledge Base • includes more than 300: • Q&As • Case studies • Promising practices • >40,000 hits per month www.washington.edu/doit/Stem

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