AccessINCLUDES: Linking the knowledge and results of NSF disability-related projects and projects within the NSF INCLUDES National Network

华盛顿大学的DO-IT（残疾人，机会，互联网和技术）中心在设计欢迎，可访问和可用的课程，研究，网站，视频和电子文档方面拥有数十年的经验，领导着“包容”项目。残疾人包容性项目解决了残疾人在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域代表性不足这一日益扩大的参与挑战。"包容性残疾人"将NSF "包容性残疾人"国家网络的工作与DO-IT的工作结合起来，以解决身份的交叉问题，并强调与残疾有关的问题。通过分享NSF残疾人项目及其网络组织的知识和成果，将NSF INCLUDES链接到NSF INCLUDES网络，以更好地准备NSF INCLUDES国家网络：1。在研究中处理与残疾有关的问题（例如，设计无障碍的干预措施;招募、支持和报告残疾参与者的成果）; 2.使会议、培训、课程和其他项目活动欢迎残疾人并使其无障碍; 3.设计项目资源和产品，以方便残疾人士使用;以及4.在多个利益攸关方和组织之间开展持久的新合作，从而在未来推出包容残疾人的创新项目和资源。最终，让更多的残疾人参与STEM领域，扩大了参与范围，并通过他们独特的观点和专业知识增强了这些领域。残疾人为项目的各个方面提供信息。参与者包括（1）当前和未来的NSF包括设计和开发启动项目，联盟和协调中心，以及（2）以残疾为重点的扩大参与。所有项目活动都支持和传播三次会议的成果，一次为期两天的现场会议和两次为期半天的网络研讨会，所有这些活动都是为了方便残疾人参加。与会者参与在线实践社区，重点关注项目目标和目的以及会议发展。在会议中，NSF INCLUDES参与者通过研究和实践了解有关扩大参与的情况; STEM，残疾，变革管理和组织发展，通过研究，教学，活动和NSF INCLUDES项目的产品，推进与增加残疾人成功相关的知识。收集和开发的资源以及两次传播网络研讨会都是针对NSF INCLUDES国家网络的需求而设计的，因此它们对于使网络项目更加包容残疾人具有持久的价值。该项目通过以下方式确保产生长期影响：建立两个协会，即国家科学基金会包容项目和国家科学基金会资助的以残疾为重点的项目，并在加强科学、技术、工程和数学基础设施的项目之间建立持久关系;扩大参与研究和实践;增加残疾人对科学、技术、工程和数学的参与;和传播变革性的研究和实践，以加强理解，促进复制和影响，在国家科学基金会包括国家网络和其他干，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The University of Washington's DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center, which has decades of experience in designing welcoming, accessible, and usable courses, research, websites, videos, and electronic documents, leads the AccessINCLUDES project. AccessINCLUDES addresses the broadening participation challenge that individuals with disabilities are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. AccessINCLUDES brings the work of the NSF INCLUDES National Network together with the work of DO-IT to address the intersection of identity with an emphasis on disability-related issues. AccessINCLUDES links to the NSF INCLUDES Network by sharing knowledge and results from NSF disability-focused projects and their network organizations to better prepare the NSF INCLUDES National Network to: 1. address disability-related issues in their research (e.g., design interventions to be accessible; recruit, support, and report outcomes for participants with disabilities); 2. make meetings, trainings, courses, and other project activities welcoming and accessible to individuals with disabilities; 3. design project resources and products to be accessible to individuals with disabilities; and 4. develop durable, new collaborations between multiple stakeholders and organizations that lead to future innovative projects and resources that are inclusive of individuals with disabilities. Ultimately, including more individuals with disabilities in STEM fields broadens participation and enhances these fields with their unique perspectives and expertise.Individuals with disabilities inform all aspects of the project. Participants include (1) current and future NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Projects, Alliances, and the Coordination Hub, and (2) disability-focused broadening participation. All project activities support and disseminate outcomes from three conferences, one two-day on-site and two half-day webinars, all designed to be accessible to individuals with disabilities. Conference participants engage in an online community of practice focused on the project goal and objectives and conference development. In the conferences AccessINCLUDES participants, informed by research and practice with respect to broadening participation; STEM, disabilities, change management, and organizational development, advance knowledge relevant to increasing the success of individuals with disabilities through research, instruction, activities, and products of NSF INCLUDES projects. Resources collected and developed and the two dissemination webinars are tailored to the needs of the NSF INCLUDES National Network, so that they have lasting value for making Network projects more inclusive of individuals with disabilities. The project ensures long-term impact by building on two associations, NSF INCLUDES projects and NSF-funded disability-focused projects, and creating durable relationships among projects that enhance the infrastructure for STEM broadening participation research and practice; increasing the participation of people with disabilities in STEM; and disseminating transformational research and practice to enhance understanding and promote replication and impact in the NSF INCLUDES National Network and other STEM and disability-focused organizations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.