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- Disability Track - Technical Session IV
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- 2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
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- 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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Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., PE, LEED-AP, is an assistant professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Con- struction and in the Department of Civil & Environmental
- Conference Session
- Disability Track - Technical Session VI
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- 2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
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- 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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specialist training, and more for students accepted intotheir program with learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other learningdifferences, and 3) the UA College of Engineering itself.Resource Availability We performed a review of disability resources available at the University of Arizona using theGoogle search engine. We found current information (2010-2017) regarding disability resources at UA onarizona.edu webpages [9-42, 56], higher education information websites [43-48], disability accesswebsites [49-51], and news websites [52-55]. The resources accessed were representative of what a student might see when trying to accessdisability resources. We did not include redundant resource links. The
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- Disability Track - Technical Session VI
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- 2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
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- Meenakshi Manas Das, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Litany H. Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Chase Addison Barr
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logistics to reach out to more students.” R.P., a recent chemical engineering graduate shares,“Disability inclusion programs have been a huge part of my C.R., a graduate in environmental science reveals, “Atcareer, mainly due to the people I have met, the network I the Access Technology Center at the University ofhave formed, and the opportunities I had to learn/grow. Washington, the accessible-computing guru showed meThey have allowed me opportunities to connect deeply with scads of accessible-computing tools, which was comfortingindividuals in my fields of interest to really learn what I because I don’t know how I’ll use a computer with all theneeded to in order to succeed. For example, the USBLN's