Disability Awareness Resources
Resources for Teaching STEM Students
When is it?
Several important dates:
- July: Disability Awareness Month
- Third Thursday of May: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- July 26: National Disability Independence Day (ADA, 1990)
- Last week of September: International Week of The Deaf
- October: National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- December 3: International Day of People with Disabilities
What is it?
Disability History and Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
STEM Role Models:
Videos:
- “The Life-Changing Power of Assistive Technologies” TED Talks, Jane Velkovski
- “Why we need to make education more accessible for the deaf” TED Talks, Nyle Dimarco
- “The Social Model For Inclusion”
- Science + Disability Series YouTube, Gabi Serrato Marks
- “STEM and people with disabilities” YouTube, the DOIT Center
Podcasts:
- You First: Paving A Way Disabled in STEM, by Dr. Anita Marshall
- Disability Visibility Podcast: Disabled People in STEM
- The Accessible Stall Podcast
Books/Articles:
- Academic Ableism BY Jay Y T. Dolmage
- Uncharted: how scientists navigate their own health, research, and experience of bias Edited by Gabi Serrato Marks and Skylar Bayer
- Universal Design for Learning Science: Reframing Elementary Instruction in Physical Science by Dr. Deborah Hanuscin and Delinda van Garderen
- Read this article on: Disability as Diversity in STEM: A New Perspective
- Read this article on: Making STEM More Inclusive of People with Disabilities
- Read this article on: Ensuring the Inclusion of People with Disabilities in STEM Education and Careers
- Read this article on: Disability innovation strengthens STEM
Scholarships:
- American Council For The Blind Scholarship: This is a scholarship for blind students who are high school seniors, undergraduate students, graduate students, or trade school students.
- William and Cordata Freese Scholarship: This is a scholarship for high school seniors or college students with physical disabilities.
- Baer Reintegration Scholarship: This is a scholarship for high school seniors or college students with bipolar i/ii, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophrenia.