SGER: Project ENABLE: Enabling the Disabled Greater Participation in Computing through Early Intervention

新墨西哥州立大学提议探索一种干预措施的可能性，以增加肢体残疾人士的数量，特别是那些患有脊髓损伤(SCI)的人，他们参与了与计算机相关的学位课程和职业生涯。他们建议实施一门计算机入门课程，将其融入康复(康复)医院的背景中。通过选择这个场地，残疾人将被介绍给计算机，而不是让机会来介绍。此外，通过将重点放在脊髓损伤人群上，目标群体中的很大比例将是大学和/或工作年龄。该计划将与医院工作人员协调，并纳入康复期间接受的患者教育。该课程将涵盖基本的计算机使用和辅助技术的使用，网络开发和使用Alice编程语言进行编程。该奖项将对该课程进行三次试点，并将制定一项计划，寻求进一步的资金，以改进和扩大该计划，使其覆盖更广泛的社区，包括军事康复设施。

New Mexico State University proposes to explore the potential for an intervention that would increase the numbers of physically disabled persons, specifically those with spinal cord injuries (SCI), who participate in computing-related degree programs and careers. They propose to implement an introductory computer course that is integrated into the context of a rehabilitation (rehab) hospital. By choosing this venue, disabled persons will be introduced to computing rather than leaving the introduction to chance. Further, by focusing on the spinal cord injured population, a large percentage of the target group will be of college and/or working age. The program will be coordinated with hospital staff and integrated into patient education received during rehabilitation. The course will cover the basic computer use and the use of assistive technology, web development and programming using the Alice programming language. This award will pilot the course three times and will develop a plan to seek further funding in order to improve and scale the program to reach a wider community, including military rehabilitation facilities.