How can a biomedical lab be made accessible to people with disabilities?
Features to make a biomedical lab accessible to people with disabilities could include
AccessSTEM
2016 Report of the AccessSTEM/AccessComputing/DO-IT Longitudinal Transition Study (ALTS)
This report is based on data collected within the AccessSTEM/AccessComputing/DO-IT Longitudinal Transition Study (ALTS). It tracks the college and career pathways of students with disabilities who have participated in activities sponsored by projects of the DO-IT Center at the University of Washington (UW) in Sea
Increasing Access and Success in the STEM Disciplines
20 Tips for Teaching an Accessible Online Course
Making STEM Accessible to Postsecondary Students with Disabilities
An online multimedia "book" for making STEM learning in postsecondary settings welcoming and accessible to students with disabilities. (© 2015)
Equal Access: Universal Design of an Academic Department
Practitioners tell how universal design can make an academic department accessible to all students and faculty.
How can you include individuals with disabilities in broadening participation activities for other underrepresented groups?
It is important for programs that serve to increase the participation of women, racial/ethnic minorities or other underrepresented groups in fields such as science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to be welcoming and accessible to students with disabilities. After all, there are people with disabilities within any of these underrepresented groups.
Programs can do a number of simple things to make their activities inviting and accessible to individuals with disabilities, such as those described below.
Progress of Teens with Disabilities Toward Careers: Project Inputs Leading Students to Critical Junctures
STEM Resources for Teachers
Accessible Science Equipment
- Accessible Science Equipment
Examples of products to help make science labs accessible to all students. - Accessible Technology
Procuring, developing, and using technology that is accessible to students with disabilities.
Engaging Students with Disabilities in Science and Computing
AccessSTEM: The Alliance for Access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Increasing the participation of people with disabilities in STEM fields