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: 

• Disabled STEM Professionals

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
• Different Kinds of Different Minds by Temple Grandin
• 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.