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AccessINCLUDES项目。AccessINCLUDES解决了日益扩大的参与挑战，即残疾人在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的代表性不足。AccessINCLUDES将NSF的工作包括国家网络与DO-IT部门的工作结合在一起，以解决身份交集问题，并强调与残疾有关的问题。AccessINCLUDES与NSF的链接包括通过共享NSF注重残疾的项目及其网络组织的知识和成果而建立的网络，以更好地准备NSF的国家网络包括：1.在其研究中解决与残疾有关的问题(例如，设计无障碍的干预措施；为残疾参与者招募、支持和报告结果)；2.使会议、培训、课程和其他项目活动对残疾人来说是欢迎和无障碍的；3.设计项目资源和产品，使残疾人可以使用；以及4.在多个利益攸关方和组织之间发展持久的、新的合作，从而促成未来包括残疾人在内的创新项目和资源。最终，将更多的残疾人纳入STEM领域将扩大参与范围，并通过他们独特的视角和专业知识加强这些领域。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、一次为期两天的现场研讨会和两次半天的网络研讨会的成果，所有这些研讨会都旨在为残疾人提供便利。与会者参加了一个在线实践社区，重点是项目的目的和目的以及会议的发展。在会议上，与会者从扩大参与的研究和实践中了解到；STEM、残疾、变革管理和组织发展，通过NSF的研究、指导、活动和产品，促进与增加残疾人成功相关的知识，包括项目。收集和开发的资源以及两个传播网络研讨会都是根据国家科学基金会的需要量身定做的，因此，它们对于使网络项目更多地包容残疾人具有持久的价值。该项目通过建立在两个协会的基础上确保长期影响，NSF包括项目和NSF资助的以残疾为重点的项目，并在项目之间建立持久的关系，以增强STEM的基础设施，扩大参与研究和实践；增加残疾人在STEM中的参与；以及传播变革性研究和实践，以增进理解并促进NSF包括国家网络和其他STEM和关注残疾的组织的复制和影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.