Teaching Students with Disabilities in STEM Fields
- Learn more about universal design for teaching and learning
- Resources for STEM instructors from DO-IT at the University of Washington; designed for high school teachers, but applicable to higher education, as well
- AccessSTEM from DO-IT shares promising practice in the field, curriculum and instruction.
- Strategies for teaching students in STEM courses, by type of disability (e.g., visual impairments, autism), from the National Science Teachers Association; also designed for high school students, but applicable to higher education in many cases
- ExceptionalNurse.com is an organization containing a wealth of resources to make the field of nursing more inclusive for students with disabilities
- Statistics about the number of people with disabilities in STEM careers , from the National Science Foundation
Video from the Web version of this publication:
STEM and People with Disabilities: https://www.youtube.com/embed/9EMlT9e_Foo
A video from DO-IT about STEM careers for students with disabilities (captioned; no audio description)