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Individuals with Disabilities in PhD Programs & the Professoriate
Sheryl Burgstahler
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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
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AccessSTEM: The Alliance for Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics
AccessComputing: The Alliance for Access to Computing Careers
DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking & Technology
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Activities
Prepare students through transition workshops, summer programs, e-mentoring, peer support, internships, …
Improve accessibility & acceptance in courses, employment, technology, services…
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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
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“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/
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“One of our professors is confined to a wheelchair.”
“One of our professors uses a wheelchair.”
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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.
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S&E Doctorates, 2006306 (1%) earned by students with
disabilities: Learning disabilities 89 Physical/orthopedic disabilities85 Deaf/hard of hearing 43 Blind/visually impaired 30 Vocal/speech disabilities 12 Other, multiple, unspecified 47
Most disabilities are not obvious.
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Historical Perspective
ExclusionAccommodationUniversal Design
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Accommodation =
Alternate format, service, &/or adjustment for a specific individual with a disability
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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
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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.
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Quiz
1. When a professor cannot tell that an emergency alarm is blaring, is it because …???????
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Response choices:
a. she is deaf?b. she did not arrange for someone to
help her?c. the emergency alarm system designer
neglected to provide both visual & audio warning signal?
d. the administrator selected an inaccessible alarm system?
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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…
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Who is right about the cost of interpreters?
a. Accountant: “Ouch. $80 for one person? That is expensive!”
b. Faculty leader: “Oh, no, the cost was only $8 for each person.”
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Examples: UD of Your Project/Department
Planning, policies, & evaluation Staff & faculty Courses, presentations, events Physical environments, products Information
resources/technology
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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
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Think About Signs
HANDICAPPED ENTRANCE AT NORTH
END OF BUILDING
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Universal Design: Live It!
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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)
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includes more than 300: Q&As Case studies Promising practices
>40,000 hits per month
AccessSTEM Knowledge Base
www.washington.edu/doit/Stem