4th Edition: Resource Directory of Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities

项目概述：美国残疾人协会建议建立一个数据库和一个电子目录，这将是《残疾科学家和工程师资源目录》的第四版。该目录将满足美国国家科学基金会和其他联邦机构、教育工作者、家长、顾问、残疾人组织和媒体的持续需求，在科学和工程的所有领域寻找具有广泛残疾的榜样和存在证据。此外，在目录中列出的个人将能够作为同行评审、顾问和故事的来源。AAAS拥有该信息的唯一完整存储库。NSF和其他机构和组织定期要求提供姓名和联系信息。在努力将代表性不足的群体纳入STEM劳动力中，特别是那些因残疾而未充分利用的群体，这些信息至关重要。该项目的智力价值将是研究和记录残疾人的存在，目前在STEM劳动力中，残疾人是使科学和工程劳动力多样化的关键因素。记录残疾人的性别、年龄、种族、地域、学科、残疾和各类本科和研究生教育情况，将是改变对残疾人参与国家科技事业的态度和行动的重要基础。教育工作者、资助者、家庭和顾问必须利用这些有成就的科学家和工程师的经验，帮助他们开放STEM教育，扩大残疾人对STEM职业的参与。拟议活动的传播所产生的更广泛的影响将促进教育工作者和雇主对学前和大学预科学生、本科生和研究生的stem教育和职业可能性的理解。它还将为那些在职业生涯中期致残或患上慢性残疾的科学家和工程师提供服务，使他们有可能与其他有相关经验的科学家建立联系。它将有助于推翻对残疾人的职业和职业限制的传统刻板印象，这种刻板印象将科学、工程和技术领域排除在外。这些清单将是确定和联系来自各个科学领域和各种残疾人士的潜在顾问和合作者的第一步。数据库的年度更新将确保信息的新鲜度和可持续性，并将鼓励其他人站出来分享信息。

Project SummaryAAAS proposes to develop a database and an electronic directory that will be the4 th edition of the Resource Directory of Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities. TheDirectory will fill a continuing need of NSF and other Federal agencies, educators,parents, counselors, disability organizations, and the media to find role models andexistence proofs in all fields of science and engineering, with a wide range ofdisabilities. In addition the individuals listed in the Directory will be able to serve as peerreviewers, consultants, and sources for stories.AAAS has the only complete repository of this information. Names and contactinformation are regularly requested by NSF and the other agencies and organizations. Inthe efforts to include underrepresented groups in the STEM workforce, and especiallythose groups underutilized because of disabilities, this information is critical.The intellectual merit of this project will be the research and documentation ofthe existence of person with disabilities, currently in the STEM workforce as a crucialelement in diversifying the science and engineering workforce. Recording that persons ofboth genders, varied in age, ethnicity, geography, discipline, disability, and educated inmany types of undergraduate and graduate institutions will be a crucial base to changeattitudes and actions about including persons with disabilities in the science andtechnology enterprise of the country. It is essential that educators, funders, families, andcounselors capitalize on the experience of these accomplished scientists and engineers toassist them in opening up STEM education and broadening the participation of personswith disabilities in STEM careers.The broader impacts resulting from the dissemination of the proposed activitywill be advancing the understanding of educators and employers on the possibilities ofSTEM education and careers for preschool and precollege students, undergraduates, andgraduate students with disabilities. It will also serve scientists and engineers who becomedisabled mid-career, or acquire a chronic disability by making it possible for them toconnect with other scientist with related experiences. It will contribute to overturningtraditional stereotypes of persons with disabilities as to career and occupationallimitations that exclude science, engineering, and technical fields. The listings will be afirst step in identifying and contacting potential advisors and collaborators from all fieldsof science and a wide range of disabilities.Annual updating of the database will ensure the freshness and sustainability of theinformation and will encourage others to come forward and share information.