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Access Earth
www.accessearth.usm.maine.edu/

All Tech
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National Science Foundation – Program for Persons with Disabilities
www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/HRD/ppd.asp

Digital Library for Earth System Education
www.dlese.org

Universal Design

Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
http://www.cast.org/udl
The Universal Design for Learning Web site contains resources and information on educational applications of universal design.

ALLTech
http://www.alltech-tsi.org
The ALLTech site relates a theoretical framework for universal design and resources that support education in physical, social, and learning environments. ALLTech’s universal design framework supports learner diversity and promotes powerful possibilities for teaching and learning.

University of Guelph Universal Instructional Design (UID)
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/uid/uidintro.html
Universal Instructional Design relates universal design principles to educational environments.

Teaching Strategies

Inclusion in Science Education for Students with Disabilities (has good link to info on Disabilities/Impairments)
www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/

Information Access: Technology, Opportunities, Education
www.ece.udel.edu/InfoAccess/

Equal Access to Software & Information
www.rit.edu/~easi/easisem.htm

Barrier Free Education
http://barrier-free.arch.gatech.edu/

COMETS: Resources for Enhancing the Education of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
www.rit.edu/~comets/

DO-IT Resources
www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/

Teaching Chemistry to Students with Disabilities
http://membership.acs.org/C/CWD/teaching/start.htm

Profiles of Scientists with Disabilities

Roadmaps and Rampways
http://www.entrypoint.org/rr/cover.html
Life stories of 36 students with career pathways in science, engineering and math.

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Professionals in Science
http://sci.gallaudet.edu/DS/rolemodels.html

Dr. Richard Radtke – Sea of Dreams Foundation
http://www.oceanofpotentiality.org/SODWeb/photos.htm

Dr. Steven Hawking
http://www.hawking.org.uk/

Working Chemists with Disabilities
http://membership.acs.org/C/CWD/workchem/start.htm

Scientists with disabilities in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Industry
http://recruit.sciencemag.org/feature/cperspec/cp-disab.shl

Disabled People and Physics
http://www.disabledwomen.net/edge/curriculum/phys_res.htm#people

Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering, 2000
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf00327/

Web Accessibility

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Web Accessibility Initiative, Education and Outreach Working Group
http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO

The Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) develops strategies and materials to increase awareness among the Web community of the need for Web accessibility and to educate the Web community regarding solutions to Web accessibility. The EOWG Web site contains numerous resources for Web accessibility training, Web site evaluation, and repair.

Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/
EASI provides online training in accessible information technology.

National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
http://ncam.wgbh.org/resources
NCAM has developed guidelines for making Web sites and software accessible, including mathematics and science applications.

ALLTech
http://www.alltech-tsi.org
ALLTech conducts Web site accessibility evaluations and provides technical assistance and training on Web accessibility.

Multimedia Access

National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
http://ncam.wgbh.org/richmedia
Resources for developers and users for making media accessible to people with disabilities.

Student Scholarship/ Internship Opportunities:

Yes I Can! Foundation Scholarship Awards
http://www.cec.sped.org/fd/scholapp.html
Scholarship program for students entering post-secondary school for the first time.

Entry Point!
http://www.entrypoint.org/
Summer internship opportunities for students with disabilities in science, technology. engineering, and math.
 

 

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