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、出版并发行一本深入介绍30名攻读科学、数学、工程和技术（SMET）课程的优秀残疾本科生和研究生的书。这些学生将从1996年、1997年和1998年参加暑期实习项目“入门点”的学生中选出。(入口点!是美国科学促进会、私营企业和联邦机构共同努力的结果。从历史上看，残疾学生一直不被鼓励在SMET领域追求教育和职业。人们常常认为，有严重残疾的学生不会考虑从事科学事业。从美国科学促进会确定、招募、筛选并安排实习的学生来看，情况并非如此。这些学生达到了很高的标准，比如表现出很高的积极性、毅力和学术成就。研究和最终出版物的重点将是指导和保持这些学生进入SMET管道的关键因素（例如，各级导师，有残疾和没有残疾的榜样，大学预科和高等教育教师，来自家庭的道德和经济支持，咨询，立法，辅助技术和资金来源）以及他们对障碍和解决方案的看法。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.