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

项目概述AAAS建议开发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NSF和其他联邦机构、教育工作者、家长、辅导员、残疾组织和媒体在所有科学和工程领域寻找榜样和存在证明的持续需求，这些领域涉及广泛的残疾。此外，目录中列出的个人将能够作为同行评审员、顾问和故事的来源。AAAS拥有这些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劳动力队伍，特别是那些因残疾而未得到充分利用的群体的努力中，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，目前残疾人在STEM劳动力队伍中是实现科学和工程劳动力多样化的关键因素。记录不同性别、不同年龄、族裔、地理、学科、残疾并在许多类型的本科生和研究生院受过教育的人，将是改变将残疾人纳入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、家庭和辅导员必须利用这些有成就的科学家和工程师的经验，帮助他们开展STEM教育，并扩大残疾人在STEM职业生涯中的参与。拟议活动的传播产生的更广泛影响将是增进教育工作者和雇主对STEM教育和残疾学生、本科生和研究生就业可能性的理解。它还将为那些在职业生涯中期成为残疾的科学家和工程师提供服务，或者通过使他们能够与其他有相关经验的科学家建立联系来获得慢性残疾。它将有助于颠覆在职业和职业方面对残疾人的传统刻板印象，以及将科学、工程和技术领域排除在外的模仿。这些名单将是确定和联系来自所有科学领域和广泛残疾领域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性和可持续性，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.