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

Tagged Topics

Disability

engineering studentcommunity and disproportionately high number of accommodations are necessary for engineeringclassrooms. Based on these results, we have developed four recommendations for supporting engineeringstudents with disabilities: (1) Targeting specific outreach efforts to engineering students with disabilitiesat the college level to address the unique needs of these students and create a culture of accessibility, (2)implementing principles of universal design in engineering classroom, laboratory, and other makerspaces, (3) increasing awareness of resource availability for engineering students, staff, and faculty so thatstudents may have greater access to these services; and (4) developing targeted support structures forengineering students