AccessSTEM

The Winning Equation: Access + Attitude = Success in Math and Science

How teachers can fully include students with disabilities

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and other federal and state legislation require that schools make programs accessible to students with disabilities. People with disabilities are underrepresented in many challenging careers, including those in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM). Negative stereotyping and attitudes are reported as the most significant factors faced by people with disabilities in these fields.

Accessible Science Equipment

Examples of products to help make science labs accessible to all students.

Equal Access: Science and Students with Sensory Impairments

Ensuring the engagement of all students

Typical science presentations, curricula, and labs are not fully accessible to students with visual or hearing impairments. Instructors can ensure that these students have access to all of the content and experiences offered in science classes by

Activity 1. Navigation

Low Vision

MESA Accessibility Supplement: In the Air

This unit is visually oriented. Take special care that students who are blind or who have low vision have the tools they need to participate. Navigation skills are essential in the lives of individuals who are blind and the tools to support navigation are improving dramatically with advances in Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology. You may wish to consider adding content to the unit about navigation for people who are blind. For students with mobility impairments, learning disabilities, or low vision, online maps or mapping software may be helpful.

Ensuring the engagement of all students

Disability Type

Low Vision

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