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Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing: 

Visual: 

Tactile Graphics and Maps; Haptics: 

Biographies and Status of Persons with Disabilities in Science: 

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Universal Design

Bowe, F.G. (2000). Universal Design in Education: Teaching Nontraditional Students. Bergin and Garvey, Westport, CT.

Burgstahler, S.E. (2002). Universal design of distance learning, Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities 8(1). http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd.html.

Center for Applied Special Technology (2001). Universal design for learning [Online].
www.cast.org

Higbee, J.L. (2001). Implications of universal instructional design for developmental education. Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 17, 67-70.

Higbee, J.L. (ed) (2003). Curriculum Transformation and Disability: Implementing Universal Design in Higher Education. Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, General College, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 319 pp.

Hodge, B. M., and Preston-Sabin, J. (1997). Accommodations—Or Just Good Teaching?: Strategies For Teaching College Students With Disabilities. Praeger, Westport, CT.

Orkwis, R., and McLane, K. (1998). A curriculum every student can use: Design principles for student access. ERIC/OSEP Topical Brief. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED423654) [Electronic version].
http://www.cec.sped.org/osep/udesign.htm

Rose, D.H & Anne Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA.


Silver, P., Bourke, A., and Strehorn, K.C. (1998). Universal instructional design in higher education: An approach for inclusion. Equity and Excellence in Education, 31(2), 47-51.

Instructional Strategies – Geosciences

Asher, P. M. (2001). Teaching an introductory physical geology course to a student with visual impairment. Journal of Geoscience Education: 49(2), 166-169

Cooke, M. L., Forrest, S.E., and Anderson, K.S. (1997). Creating accessible introductory geology field trips. Journal of Geoscience Education, 45, 4-9.

Davis, L.E. (1990). Recognizing and accommodating the learning-disabled geology student. Journal of Geological Education, 38(2), 101-04.

National Wildlife Federation (2001). Access Nature. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC.

Olson, J.M., and Brewer, C.A. (1997). An evaluation of color selections to accommodate map users with color vision impairments. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 87(1), 103-134.

Ross, T.M. and Willis, A. (1999). Tactile materials for the sight-impaired geology student. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7).

Schaefer, B.A. and Ragan, V.M. (1999). Successful strategies to enhance the learning environment for disabled students in physical geology courses with laboratories. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7).

Suiter, M.J., Scadden, L.A., and Burrelli, J.S. (1999). Breaking barriers: Increasing access to geoscience for persons with disabilities. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7).

Instructional Strategies – Science

American Chemical Society (2002). Teaching chemistry to students with disabilities: a manual for high schools, colleges, and graduate programs, http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,026104,00.shtm

Bazler, J. A. and Roberts, R. (1993). Safe science classrooms for students with disabilities, The American Biology Teacher 55, 302-303.

Burgstahler, S.E. (1996). Teaching lab courses to students with disabilities. Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities 3(2). http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd.html

Anderson-Inman, L., Ditson, L.A., and Diston, M.T. (1997). Computer-based concept mapping: Promoting meaningful learning in science for students with disabilities. Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities, 4(5). http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd.html

Bay, M., Staver, J.R., Bryan, T., and Hale, J.B. (1990). Science instruction for the mildly handicapped: Direct instruction versus discovery teaching. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 29(6), 555-570.

Chambers, D. W. (1983). Stereotypic images of the scientist: The draw-a-scientist test. Science Education, 67, 255-265

Coppola, B.P. (2001). Full human presence: A guidepost to mentoring undergraduate science students. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 85, 57-73.

EASI street to science, engineering and mathematics: An EASI guide to awareness of lab access. (1996). Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education.

Egelston-Dodd, J., and Himmelstein, J. (1996). A constructivist paradigm in science education for students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. Journal of Science for Persons with Disabilities, 4(1). 20-27.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (1999) Teaching Science to Students with Disabilities, http://ericec.org/faq/science.html

Grossen, B., and Burke, M.D. (1997). Instructional design that accommodates special learning needs in science. Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities, 4(5).

Hinchcliffe, L. and Skawinski, J. (1983). Hearing is believing: The modified spectroscope, The Science Teacher 50, 54-55.

Heidari, F. (1996) Laboratory Barriers in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, ERIC Document ED 397 583.

Janas, M. (1996). Facilitating science mentorships for students with disabilities. Journal of Science for Persons with Disabilities, 4(1), 6-10.

Konstantinos, A., 2001. Inclusive classrooms. The Science Teacher March 2001, 40-43

Krich, L. (1994). Everyone can be a scientist, in Dalheim, M. (ed.) Toward inclusive classrooms, Washington, DC: National Education Association, 25-37.

Mason, D. and Verdel, E. (2001). Gateway to success for at-risk students in a large-group introductory chemistry class. Journal of Chemical Education, 78(2), 252-255.

Mastropieri, M.A., and Scruggs, T.E. (1995). Teaching science to students with disabilities in general education settings: Practical and proven strategies. Teaching Exceptional Children, 27(4), 10-13.

Mastropieri, M.A. and Scruggs, T.E. (1994). Text versus hands-on science curriculum: Implications for students with disabilities. Remedial and Special Education, 15, 72-85.

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T.E., Mantzicopoulos, P., Sturgeon, A., Goodwin, L., and Chung, S. (1998). “A place where living things affect and depend on each other : Qualitative and quantitative outcomes associated with inclusive science teaching. Science Education 82 (2), 163-179.

Milchus, K. and Goldthwaite, John (2000). Using computers to make science labs accessible to students with disabilities, in Proceedings of the 2000 Technology and Persons with Disabilities conference, California State University Northridge, http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2000/proceedings/0147Mil.htm

McGinnis, J.R., and Nolet, V. W. (1995). Diversity, the science classroom, and inclusion: A collaborative model between the science teacher and the special educator. Journal of Science for Persons with Disabilities, 3(1), 31-35.

Scadden, L.A. (2001). Enabling Science. The Science Teacher, 68(3), 48-51.

Watson, S.M.R. and Houtz, L.E. (1998). Modifying science instruction: One strategy for achieving success and equity in inclusive settings, Journal of Science Education For Students With Disabilities, 24-33

Weisgerber, R.A. (1990). Encouraging scientific talent. The Science Teacher, 57 (8), 38-39.

Weisgerber, R.A. (1995) Science Success for Students with Disabilities, White Plains, NY: Addison-Wesley.

White, B.Y., and J.R. Frederiksen. (1998). Inquiry, modeling, and metacognition: Making science accessible to all students. Cognition and Instruction 16(1), 3–118.

Wohlers, H. D. (1994). Science education for students with disabilities, in Egelston-Dodd, J. (ed.) A future agenda: Proceedings of a working conference on science for persons with disabilities, IA: University of Northern Iowa, 52-64.

Woodward, J. (1994). The role of models in secondary science instruction. Remedial and Special Education, 15, 94-104.

Learning Disabilities

Dalton, B., Morocco, C. C., Tivnan, T., Mead, P. and Rawson, P. L. (1997). Supported inquiry science: Teaching for conceptual change in urban and suburban science classrooms, Journal of Learning Disabilities 30(6), 670-684.

Jarrett, D. (1999). The Inclusive Classroom: Mathematics and Science Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, http://www.nwrel.org/msec/book7.pdf

Kumar, D., and Wilson, C.L. (1997). Computer technology, science education, and students with learning disabilities, Journal of Science Education and Technology, 6(2), 155-160.

Marvin C. and Stokoe, C. (2003). Access to Science: Curriculum Planning and Practical Activities for Pupils with Learning Difficulties, David Fulton Publishers, London.

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T.E., McLoone, B. and Levin, J.R. (1985). Facilitating learning disabled students’acquisition of science classifications. Learning Disability Quarterly 8, 299 309.

Mastropieri, M.A., Scruggs, T. E. and Magnusen, M. (1999). Activities-oriented science instruction for students with disabilities. Learning Disability Quarterly 22(4), 240-249.

McFarland, J.L. (1997). A comparison of regular students and students with learning disabilities on a performance-based assessment in the area of science. Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 8(2), 109-115.

McFarland, J. and Shepard, T. (1995). Oral and written composition of students with learning disabilities in the content area of science. Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal 6, 13-18.

National Center for Learning Disabilities (n.d). Visual processing disorders: In detail. http://www.ld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheet_VisualPD_Details.cfm

Norman, K., and Caseau, D. (1995). The learning cycle: Teaching to the strengths of students with learning disabilities in science classrooms. Journal of Science for Persons with Disabilities, 3(1), 18-25.

Norman, K. and Caseau, N. (1994). Integrating students with learning disabilities into regular science education classrooms: Recommended instructional models and adaptations, in Stefanich, G. P. and Egelston-Dodd, J. E. (eds), Improving Science Instruction for Students with Disabilities, Proceedings for the Working Conference on Science with Persons with Disabilities, March 24-28, 1994. Washington, D.C: The National Science Foundation.

Palincsar, A. S., Collins, K. M., Marano, N. L., and Magnusson, S. J. (2000). Investigating the engagement and learning of students with learning disabilities in guided inquiry science teaching. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools, 31, 240-251.

Palincsar, A. S., Magnusson, S. J., Collins, K. M., and Cutter, J. (2001). Promoting deep understanding of science in students with disabilities in inclusion classrooms. Learning Disabilities Quarterly, 24(1), 15-32.

Scruggs, T. E. and Mastropieri, M. A. (1994). The construction of scientific knowledge by students with mild disabilities, The Journal of Special Education 28, 307-321.

West Virginia University (2002). Inclusion in Science Education for Students with Disabilities: Strategies for teaching students with attention deficit disorder (AD/HD), http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/behavior.html

Williams, C. W. and Hounshell, P. B. (1998). Enabling the learning disabled, The Science Teacher, 65(1), 29-31.

*Woodward, J. and Noell, J. (1991). Science instruction at the secondary level: Implications for students with learning disabilities, Journal of Learning Disabilities, 24, 277-284.

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

Brickman, B., and Workman, S. (1995). Enhancing the learning environment for deaf students in the science classroom. Journal of Science for Persons with Disabilities 3, 40-43.

Caccamise, F. C., and Lang, H. G. (1996). Signs for Science and Mathematics: A Resource Book for Teachers and Students. National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Egelston-Dodd, J. and Himmelstein, J. (1996). A constructivist paradigm in science education for students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. Journal of Science for Persons with Disabilities 4(1), 20-27.

Emery, A. (2002). Adapting The Kids Network Online Science Curriculum for Deaf Students’, in Proceedings of the 2002 conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, California State University Northridge. http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2002/proceedings/134.htm

Foster, S., Long, G., and Snell, K. (1999). Inclusive instruction and learning for deaf students in postsecondary education. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 4(3), 225-235.

Gillespie, S. (1997). Deaf students in science class. Perspectives in Education and Deafness 16(1), 2-3.

Lang, H.G. (1994). Science for deaf students: Looking into the next millennium, in Stefanich, G. P. and Egelston-Dodd, J. (eds) A Futures Agenda: Proceedings of a Working Conference on Science for Persons with Disabilities, Cedar Falls, Iowa: University of Northern Iowa.

Lang, H.G. (1994). A Demonstration Lecture in Physics for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students in Mainstream Settings: “The Doppler Effect”, in Stefanich, G. P. and Egelston-Dodd, J. E. (eds), Improving Science Instruction for Students with Disabilities, Proceedings for the Working Conference on Science with Persons with Disabilities, March 24-28, 1994. Washington, D.C: The National Science Foundation.

Lang, H. G., McKee, B. G. and Conner, K. (1993). Characteristics of effective teachers: A descriptive study of the perceptions of faculty and deaf college students. American Annals of the Deaf, 138, 252-259.

Lang, H.G., and Meath-Lang, B. (1995). Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.

Lang, H. G. and Albertini, J. A. (2001). Construction of meaning in the authentic science writing of deaf students. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 6, 258-284.

Mertens, D. M. (1991). Instructional factors related to hearing impaired adolescents' interest in science. Science Education, 75, 429-441.

McIntosh, R. A., Sulzen, L., Reeder, K., and Holt Kidd, D. (1995). Making science accessible to deaf students: The need for science literacy and conceptual teaching. American Annals of the Deaf, 139, 480-484.

National Technical Institute for the Deaf (n.d.) Clearinghouse on Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science for Deaf Students, http://www.rit.edu/~comets/

Yore, L.D. (2000). Enhancing science literacy for all students with embedded reading instruction and writing-to-learn activities. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 5, 105-122.

Visual

Barrier Free Education (n.d.) Laboratory Task Accommodations: Visual Impairments, http://barrier-free.arch.gatech.edu/Lab/accom_vision.html

Barry, W.A., Gardner, J.A. and Lundquist, R (1994) Books for blind scientists: The technological requirements of accessibility, Information Technology and Disabilities, 1(4).

Brazier, M., Parry, M. and Fischbach, E., 2000. Blind students: Facing challenges in a college physics course. Journal of College Science Teaching, 2, 114-116.

Cetera, M.M. (1983). Laboratory adaptations for visually impaired students: Thirty years in review. Journal of College Science Teaching, 12(6), 384-393.

Dion, M., Hoffman, K. and Matter, A. (2000). A. Teacher’s Manual for Adapting Science Experiments for Blind and Visually Impaired Students, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Available at http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/Manual2.doc

Fantin, D. (2001). The Science Touch System: An integrated approach to the study of biochemistry and related disciplines for students with visual impairments, in Proceedings of the 2001 conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, California State University Northridge, http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2001/proceedings/0305fantin.htm

Gardner, J. A. (2002). Science Educational Information and Students with Print Disabilities [Online], http://dots.physics.orst.edu/~gardner/ScienceEd.html

Golledge, R.G. (1993). Geography and the disabled: A survey with special reference to vision impaired and blind populations, Transactions of Institute of British Geographers, N.S., 18(1), 63-85.

Gupta, H. O., and Singh, R. (1998). Low-cost science teaching equipment for visually impaired children, Journal of Chemical Education 75(5), 610-612.

Kumar, D. D., Ramasamy, R. and Stefanich, G. P. (2001). Science Instruction for Students with Visual Impairments. ERIC Digest http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed464805.html. Second edition at http://www.ericse.org/digests/dse01-03.html

Lawrence Hall of Science (2001) SAVI/SELPH Science Activities for the Visually Impaired/Science Enrichment for Learners with Physical Handicaps, http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/cml/saviselph.html

Lunney, D. (1995). Assistive technology in the science laboratory: A talking laboratory work station for visually impaired science students, Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities 2(1).

Olson, J.M., and Brewer, C.A. (1997). An evaluation of color selections to accommodate map users with color vision impairments. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 87(1), 103-134.

Ratliff, J. L. (1997). Chemistry for the visually impaired. Journal of Chemical Education 74(6), 710-711.

Schleppenbach, D. (1996). Teaching science to the visually impaired: Purdue University's Visions Lab. Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities, 3(4).

Skawinski, W.J., Busanic, T.J., Ofsievich, A.D., Luzhkov, V.B., Venanzi. C.A. and Venanzi, T.J. (1994). The use of laser stereolithography to produce three-dimensional tactile molecular models for blind and visually impaired scientists and students, Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities 1(4).

Wagner, B. V. (1995a) Guidelines for teaching science to students who are visually impaired, in Egelston-Dodd, J. (ed.) Improving science instruction for students with disabilities: Proceedings of a working conference on science for persons with disabilities, IA: University of Northern Iowa, 70-76.
Wagner, B. V. (1995b) Measurement for students who are visually-impaired, in Egelston-Dodd, J. (ed.) Improving science instruction for students with disabilities: Proceedings of a working conference on science for persons with disabilities, IA: University of Northern Iowa, 77.

Walker, N. (1994). Chemical bonding for blind students. Science Scope, 71-72.

Womble, M.D. and Walker, G.R. (2001). Teaching biology to the visually impaired. Journal of College Science Teaching, 394-396.

Tactile Graphics and Maps; Haptics

Amick, N., Corcoran, J. et al (1997). Guidelines for design of tactile graphics [Online]. American Printing House for the Blind, New York. Available at http://www.aph.org/edresearch/guides.htm

Dahlberg, M. (1997). Tactile mapping - an unusual GIS application, in ICC 97. Proceedings of 18th ICA/ACI International Cartographic Conference: Stockholm, Sweden, 23-27 June 1997, Ottoson, L. (Ed.). Swedish Cartographic Society, Stockholm. 3, 1417-1421.

Edman, P.K. (1992). Tactile Graphics. American Foundation for the Blind, New York.

Franks, F. (1983). Applying educational research to maps and graphics for the visually handicapped, in Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Maps and Graphics for the Visually Handicapped: Washington D.C., 10-12 March 1983, Wiedel, J.W. (Ed.). Association of American Cartographers, Washington D.C., 40-48.

Gardner, J.A., (1996). Tactile graphics: An overview and resource guide, Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities, 3(4). http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv03n4/article2.html

Hinton, R. (1996). Degree-level scientific study for blind students through the medium of tactile graphics. In D. Burger (Ed.) New Technologies in the Education of the Visually Handicapped, 237, 169-175. Colloque INSERM/John Libbey Eurotext, Montrouge, France.

Holmes, E., Hughes, B. and Jansson, G. (1998). Haptic perception of texture gradients. Perception, 27, 993-1008.

Horsfall, B. (1997). Tactile maps: New materials and improved design, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 91, 61-65.

Kitchin, R.M., Blades, M. and Golledge, R. (1997). Understanding spatial concepts at the geographic scale without the use of vision, Progress in Human Geography, 21(2), 225-242.

Jones, R. R. (1998). Scientific visualization through tactile feedback for visually impaired students, in Proceedings of the 1998 Technology and Persons with Disability conference, California State University Northridge, http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/1998/proceedings/csun98_170.htm

Lederman, S.J. (1982). The perception of texture by touch, in Tactual Perception: A Sourcebook, Schiff, W. and Foulke, E. (Eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 130-167.

Mason, H. and Arter, C. (1997). The preparation of raised diagrams, in Visual Impairment: Access to Education for Children and Young People, Mason, H.and McCall, S. (Eds.), David Fulton Publishers, London, 171-178.

Michel, R. (1996). Creation of tactile maps using digital map data, in Proceedings of ICA Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Visually-Impaired People Seminar; Maps and Diagrams for Blind and Visually-Impaired People: Needs, Solutions, Developments, Ljubljana: 21 -25 October 1996. ICA Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Visually- Impaired People, Ljubljana, 96-100.

National Centre for Tactile Diagrams (2003). Making Tactile Graphics [Online]. http://www.nctd.org.uk/MakingTG/

Sheppard, L. and Aldrich, F.K. (2001). Tactile graphics in school education: Perspectives from teachers. The British Journal of Visual Impairment, 19(3), 93-97.

Skawinski, W.J., Busanic, T.J., Ofsievich, A.D., Luzhkov, V.B., Venanzi. C.A. and Venanzi, T.J. (1994). The use of laser stereolithography to produce three-dimensional tactile molecular models for blind and visually impaired scientists and students, Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities 1(4).

Siekierska, E. and Labelle, R. (2001). Tactile mapping project at Canadian Federal Mapping Agency - Mapping Services Branch, in Proceedings of the 20th International Cartographic Conference, ICC 2001 Beijing China, August 6-10, 2001. Mapping the 21st Century, Scientific and Technical Program Committee LOC for ICC 2001 Beijing China (Eds.). Chinese Society of Geodesy Photogrammetry and Cartography, Beijing, 5, 2932-2942.

Theissen, N. (2000). Computer-aided Tactual Graphics (Getting Started…). Royal Blind Society, Enfield, Australia.

Wiedel, J.W. and Fonaroff, S. (1990). Meeting the map and photographic needs of the blind and visually impaired: The use of color and high contrast. International Yearbook of Cartography, 30, 133-148.

Wies, E. F., Gardner, J. A., O’Modhrain, M. S., Hasser, C. J. and Bulatov, V. L. (2001). Web-based touch display for accessible science education, in Haptic Human-Computer Interaction 2000, First International Workshop, Glasgow, UK, August/September 2000, Proceedings, S. Brewster, R. Murray-Smith (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 52-60.

Wild, G. and Hinton, R. (1996). An evaluated study of the use of tactile diagrams on Open University science courses. The British Journal of Visual Impairment, 14(1), 5-9.

Biographies and Status of Persons with Disabilities in Science

American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002). Roadmaps and Rampways. Washington, DC.

Cohen, L.G. (2000). Let their expectations soar: The life story of Dr. Larry
Scadden. Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 8.

Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development (2000). Land of Plenty: Diversity as America's Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology. National Science Foundation: Washington, DC.

Holden, C. (1998). Leveling the playing field for scientists with disabilities. Science, 282, 36-37.

Jagoda, S.K. and Cremer, R.R. (1981). Face to face with disabled scientists and engineers - Report of a career workshop. The Science Teacher, 48, 30-32.

National Center for Education Statistics (1999). Students with Disabilities in
Postsecondary Education: A Profile of Preparation, Participation, and Outcomes, NCES 1999-187, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.

National Science Foundation. (2002). NSF’s Program for Persons with Disabilities: A decade of innovation and progress. Arlington, VA: (NSF 02-094). http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02094/nsf02094.pdf

National Science Foundation. (2000). Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering: 2000. Arlington, VA: (NSF 00-327). http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf00327/start.htm

National Science Foundation (1990). Report of the National Science Foundation Task Force on Persons with Disabilities. Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation.

Oakes, J. 1990. Lost Talent: The Underparticipation of Women, Minorities, and Disabled Persons in Science. Santa Monica: Rand Corporation.

Rey, C.M. 2001. Making room for diversity makes sense. Science, 293, 1611–1612.

Stearner, Phyllis (1984). Able Scientists - Disabled Persons Careers in the Sciences. Foundation for Science and the Handicapped Inc., 154 Juliet Court, Carendon Hills, Il 60514.

Stern, V. and Summers, L (Eds.) (1995). Resource Directory of Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities. Third Edition. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. Available at http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/HRD/ppddir.txt

Seymour, E. and Hunter, A. (1998). Talking about disability: The education and work experience of graduates and undergraduates with disabilities in science, mathematics and engineering majors. Boulder, CO: University of Colorado.

Weisgerber, R.A. (1991). The challenged scientist: Disabilities and the triumph of excellence, Praeger, New York.

Faculty Development

Asselin, S. B. (1993). Enhancing faculty awareness and knowledge of students
with disabilities. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 17(3), 283-289.

Bianchini, J.A., Hilton-Brown, B.A., Breton, T.D., 2002. Professional development for university scientists around issues of equity and diversity: Investigating dissent within community, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 39(8), 738-771.

Hammrich, P. L. (2001). Daughters with disabilties: a professional development model to reframe science, math, and technology education for girls with disabilities, in Rubba, P. A., Rye, J. A., Di Biase, W. J. and Crawford, B. A. (eds) Proceedings of the 2001 Annual International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, http://www.ed.psu.edu/CI/Journals/2001aets/s5_07_hammrich_price.rtf

Hill, J.L. (1996). Speaking out: Perceptions of students with disabilities regarding the adequacy of services and willingness of faculty to make accommodations. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 12, 22-43.

Kalivoda, K.S., and Higbee, J.L. (1998). Influencing faculty attitudes toward accommodating students with disabilities: A theoretical approach. The Learning Assistance Review, 3(2), 12-25.

Kimmel, H., Deek, F. P., O’Shea, M. and Farrell, M. L. (1999) Meeting the needs of diverse student populations: Comprehensive professional development in science, math, and technology for teachers of students with disabilities’, School Science and Mathematics 99(5), 241-261.

McGinnis, J.R. and Nolet, V. W. (1995). Diversity, the science classroom, and inclusion: A collaborative model between the science teacher and the special educator, Journal of Science for Persons with Disabilities, 3(1), 31-35.

Norman, K. I., Caseau, D. and Stefanich, G. P. (1996) Science educator perceptions: Inclusion in science classrooms [Online], http://www.ed.psu.edu/CI/journals/96pap11.htm

Roessler, R. T., Brown, P. L., and Rumril, P.D. (1998). Self-advocacy training: Preparing students with disabilities to request classroom accommodations. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 13(3), 20-31.

Nelson, J. R., Dodd, J. M., and Smith, D. J. (1990). Faculty willingness to
accommodate students with learning disabilities: A comparison among academic divisions. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 23(9), 185-189.

Smietana, M. (2001). Inclusion and Science Education: Critical Issues for Science Teachers [Online], http://www.cedu.niu.edu/scied/courses/tedu532/inclusion_and_science_education.htm

Stefanich, G. (1994). Science educators as active collaborators in meeting the educational needs of student with disabilities. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 5(2), 56-65.

Stefanich, G.P., and Norman, K.I. (1996). Teaching science to students with disabilities: Experiences and perceptions of classroom teachers and science educators. A special publication of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science.

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