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Beyond Ramps and Signs: Rethinking Support Structures for Engineering Students with Disabilities

Conference Session
Disability Track - Technical Session VI
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Alexander Michael Alvarez, University of Arizona; Paula C. Johnson, University of Arizona; Stephanie Zawada M.S., University of Arizona; Linda R. Shaw; Marla A. Franco, University of Arizona; Vignesh Subbian, University of Arizona
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Disability
6,150 University of Arizona Students with Disabilities Accommodations 1,620 University of Arizona Students with Disabilities Resources 5,970 Table 1 – Keywords and phrases for disability resource availability at the University of Arizona In addition, we considered university-sponsored webpages for the DRC (drc.arizona.edu), SALTCenter (salt.arizona.edu), and College of Engineering (engineering.arizona.edu) to determine resourceavailability, assuming prior student awareness of these specific resources. We categorized the resourcesthat specifically corresponded students with disabilities as one of the following: academic access, physicalaccess, technology
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Experiencing Disability in Undergraduate Civil Engineering Education: An Initial Examination of the Intersection of Disability and Professional Identities

Conference Session
Disability Track - Technical Session IV
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Cassandra J. Groen, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech
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Disability
Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, 2016.[4] Y. Pearson Weatherton, R. D. Mayes, and C. Villanueva-Perez, "Barriers to persistence for engineering students with disabilities," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Columbus, OH, 2017.[5] A. E. Slaton, "Body? What body? Considering ability and disability in STEM disciplines," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, 2013.[6] A. Lee, "Students with disabilities choosing science technology engineering and math (STEM) majors in postsecondary institutions
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Why Inclusion Programs are Beneficial to Students with Disabilities and How Universities can Help: Perspectives of Students with Disabilities

Conference Session
Disability Track - Technical Session VI
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Meenakshi Manas Das, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Litany H. Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Chase Addison Barr
Tagged Topics
Disability
Paper ID #213792018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Why inclusion programs are beneficial to students with disabilities and howuniversities can help: perspectives of students with disabilitiesMs. Meenakshi Manas Das, Mississippi State University Meenakshi Das is a junior computer science student at Mississippi State University and has an active interest in Accessibility in tech.Dr. Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University Sarah Lee joined the faculty at Mississippi State University after a 19 year information technology career at FedEx
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