PPD/R&D: Roadmaps and Rampways: Profiles of Students with Disabilities in Science, Engineering, and Technology

美国科学促进会（AAAS）将研究，撰写，出版和分发一本关于30名正在学习科学，数学，工程和技术（SMET）课程的残疾学生的深入简介书。将从参加“入学点！“1996年、1997年和1998年的暑期实习方案。 （进入点！ 是美国科学促进会、私营企业和联邦机构的共同努力。） 从历史上看，残疾学生一直不被鼓励在SMET领域接受教育和从事职业。 人们常常认为，一个有严重残疾的学生不会考虑从事科学事业。 从AAAS确定、招募、筛选和安排实习的学生来看，情况并非如此。 这些学生符合高标准，如表现出高动力，毅力和学术成就。 研究的重点和最终的出版物将是指导和保持这些学生在SMET管道的关键因素（例如，各级导师、残疾人和非残疾人的榜样、学前和中学后教师、来自家庭的道义和财政支持、咨询、立法、辅助技术和资金来源）以及他们对障碍和解决办法的看法。 由此产生的出版物《路线图和道路》将广泛分发给教育和就业领域的领导人。

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will research, write, publish, and distribute a book of in-depth profiles on 30 high-achieving undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities who are pursuing coursework in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET). The students to be profiled will be selected from those who participated in the "ENTRY POINT!" program of summer internships in 1996, 1997, and 1998. (ENTRY POINT! is a collaborative effort of AAAS, private industry and federal agencies.) Historically, students with disabilities have been discouraged from pursuing education and careers in SMET fields. Too often, it is assumed that a student who has a significant disability would not consider aspiring to a scientific career. Judging from the students whom AAAS identified, recruited, screened, and placed in the internships, this is not the case. These students met high criteria such as demonstrated high motivation, persistence, and academic achievement. The focus of the study and resulting publication will be the critical factors that directed and kept these students in the SMET pipeline (e.g., mentors at every level, role models with and without disabilities, precollege and postsecondary faculty, moral and financial support from families, counseling, legislation, assistive technology, and funding sources) and their views on barriers and solutions. The resulting publication, Roadmaps and Roadways, will be widely distributed to leaders in education and employment fields.