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AccessINCLUDES produces and shares resources for students, educators, and others interested in increasing the participation of people with disabilities in projects within the INCLUDES network.

Brochures

20 Tips for Teaching an Accessible Online Course

Learn the basics for teaching a course online that can be accessed by all, including students with disabilities.
2016 Report of the AccessSTEM/AccessComputing/DO-IT Longitudinal Transition Study (ALTS)

A study that tracks the progress of students with disabilities through junctures that lead to high tech degrees and careers.
AccessINCLUDES: Accessibility and Disability in the INCLUDES National Network Conference (2019)

The Accessibility and Disability in the INCLUDES National Network Conference was held February 20-22, 2019 in Seattle, Washington.
Checklist for Making Computer Labs Accessible to Students with Disabilities

An activity that can lead to greater awareness and more inclusive computer labs.
Checklist for Making Engineering Labs Accessible to Students with Disabilities

Designing engineering labs so that all students can fully participate.
Disability-Related Videos

Video collections that share perspectives of individuals with disabilities and universal design strategies that make the world more inclusive.
Equal Access: Universal Design of Campus Services

A checklist for making campus services welcoming, accessible, and usable.
Equal Access: Universal Design of Computer Labs

A checklist for applying universal design principles to the development of accessible computer labs (publication and video).
Equal Access: Universal Design of Engineering Departments

Guidelines on creating an accessible engineering department using universal design.
Equal Access: Universal Design of Engineering Labs

Guidelines on creating an accessible engineering lab using universal design.
Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction

A checklist to maximize the learning of all students.
Equal Access: Universal Design of Professional Organizations

A checklist for creating a universally designed professional organization.
Equal Access: Universal Design of Your NSF INCLUDES Project

Helping ensure your NSF INCLUDES project is welcoming and accessible.
Equal Access: Universal Design of Your Project

A checklist for making projects welcoming, accessible, and usable
Making a Makerspace? Guidelines for Accessibility and Universal Design

How to create an accessible makerspace.
Working Together: Faculty and Students with Disabilities

Guidelines for faculty that can be tailored to a specific institution by adding a campus resource list.
Working Together: Teaching Assistants and Students with Disabilities

Guidelines for teaching assistants that can be tailored to a specific institution by adding a campus resource list.

Videos

Creating Accessible Documents
2016
Regardless of whether documents are created in Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, or another format, there are right and wrong ways to create documents in order to ensure people with disabilities can access them.
Disability and Accessibility in Engineering: What Can Educators Do?
2017
Hear about contributions people with disabilities make to engineering fields and how learning about universal design and accessibility can help engineers design better products.
Engaging Individuals with Disabilities in an Engineering Research Center
2022
This video describes ways that Engineering Research Centers can increase accessibility for individuals with disabilities, including universal design, accessible information technology, accessible engineering labs, and more.
Including Universal Design in the Engineering Curriculum
2022
Discover how learning around universal design prepares engineering students to design products that are usable by a wide variety of potential users, including people with disabilities.
Making Videos Accessible
2017
Learn what to consider when creating a video that it is accessible to all viewers, from pre-production techniques to the provision of captioning and audio description.
Quality Education Is Accessible
2016
Students with a variety of disabilities share strategies for making instruction more accessible to them.
STEM and People with Disabilities
2011
Educators and students tell how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) activities can be made accessible and how students with disabilities can prepare for these fields.