[neact] FW: [DCHAS-L] Reaching STEM Students with Disabilities

From: Stephen Stepenuck <sstepenuck@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 22:07:39 -0400

Ralph Stuart wrote:

From: Chemistry Executive Officer <eo_chemistry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 4:03 PM
Subject: Reaching STEM Students with Disabilities

Colleagues,

A 2017 NSF report (Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in
Science and Engineering) reports that 6% of the US population ages 18-34
is estimated to have a disability, and that in 2012 about 11% of the
undergraduate population reported a disability.  Nearly 25% of these
students enroll in a science or engineering field.  Do you feel
knowledgeable about including students with physical disabilities
requiring mobility, visual or hearing accommodations in the laboratory
setting?

Saturday, October 27 the New York Section of the ACS is sponsoring a
day-long symposium on methods for adapting laboratory experiences for
students with disabilities, directed toward high school and college
science faculty, graduate teaching assistants, and disability service
administrators.  The program is co-sponsored by the national ACS
Committee on Chemists with Disabilities and the CUNY Graduate Center, and
will be livestreamed on Facebook Live.

Topics will include:
-  relevant legislation
-  laboratory design
-  safety considerations in the lab environment
-  adapted lab equipment and procedures for experiments, evaluative
materials and instruction for students with a variety of disabilities
-  electronic data collection in the laboratory
-  ACS materials and programs
-  service dogs in the laboratory environment

Please distribute the attached information (or forward this email) to any
contacts you have in the academic community.  They (and you) can register
to attend online (or in person) at:  https://tinyurl.com/y9xqkmjb

Thanks for your help in publicizing this.

Brian

Brian R. Gibney
Executive Officer
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 4310
New York, NY 10016

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