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、出版和发行一本关于30名优秀的本科生和研究生的深入简介，他们正在攻读科学、数学、工程和技术(SMET)的课程。接受侧写的学生将从参与《切入点！》的学生中挑选出来！1996年、1997年和1998年的暑期实习计划。(入口点！是AAAS、私营行业和联邦机构共同努力的结果。)从历史上看，残疾学生一直被阻止在SMET领域追求教育和职业生涯。人们常常认为，有严重残疾的学生不会考虑追求科学事业。从AAAS发现、招募、筛选和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，如表现出高度的积极性、坚持不懈和学术成就。这项研究的重点将是指导这些学生并使其保持在SMET管道中的关键因素(例如，各级导师、残疾和非残疾榜样、大学预科和中学后教师、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。由此出版的出版物《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.