BPC-DP-Project Enable: Enabling Individuals with Disabilities Greater Participation in Computing

新墨西哥州立大学与宾夕法尼亚州东斯特罗德斯堡大学合作，提出了一项为期三年的计划，以增加行动不便的个人对计算机的参与。行动不便的人是最大的残疾人群体之一；然而，由于进入他们的社区很困难，而且缺乏学术榜样来为他们辩护，他们往往不是教育方案的目标。拟议的项目Enable是一项全面的计划，目标是那些在高中、高中后或大学早期阶段还没有选择职业道路的行动不便的人。它将为他们提供他们需要的知识、技术和支持，以解决充分参与计算的障碍。Enable将举办短期研讨会，让参与者了解计算作为一条教育和职业道路，以展示其可行性，并激励和激发学生。它还将为参与者提供适当的辅助技术，并将通过指导和与榜样互动来支持他们的成功。此外，该项目将调查各种互动视频会议战略，以交付其节目；这可能导致高等教育机构在更有效地为这一群体服务时使用的模式。与现有计划的伙伴关系，如达到顶峰和访问计算，将有助于加强Enable计划的质量。

New Mexico State University, in collaboration with East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, proposes a three-year program to increase the participation of individuals with mobility disabilities in computing. Persons with mobility disabilities are one of the largest groups of individuals with disabilities; however, they are not often targeted by educational programs because of the difficulty of accessing their community and the lack of academic role models to serve as advocates for them. The proposed project, ENABLE, is a comprehensive program that targets individuals with mobility disabilities who are in high school, post-high school, or early college years and have not yet chosen a career path. It will provide them with the knowledge, technology, and support they need to address the barriers to full participation in computing. ENABLE will run short workshops to expose participants to computing as an educational and career path, in order to demonstrate its feasibility and to motivate and excite the students. It will also provide appropriate assistive technology to its participants, and it will support their success through mentoring and interaction with role models. In addition, the project will investigate various interactive video conferencing strategies for delivering its programs; this could lead to a model for institutions of higher education to use in more effectively serving this population. Partnerships with existing programs such as Reaching the Pinnacle and AccessComputing will serve to strengthen the quality of the ENABLE programs.