BPC-DP-Project ENABLE: Enabling Individuals with Disabilities Greater Participation in Computing Through Knowledge, Technology, and Mentoring

新墨西哥州立大学与宾夕法尼亚州东斯特劳兹堡大学合作，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。行动障碍者是最大的残疾人群体之一；然而，他们往往不是教育项目的目标，因为他们很难进入社区，也缺乏学术榜样来为他们辩护。这个名为ENABLE的项目是一个综合性的项目，针对的是那些在高中、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个人。它将为他们提供所需的知识、技术和支持，以解决全面参与计算的障碍。ENABLE将举办短期研讨会，让参与者了解计算机作为一种教育和职业道路，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的互动来支持他们的成功。此外，该项目还将调查各种交互式视频会议策略，以提供其方案；这可能会为高等教育机构提供一种模式，以更有效地为这一群体服务。与现有项目（如达到顶峰和AccessComputing）的合作将有助于提高ENABLE项目的质量。

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.