The Alliance for Access to Computing Careers (AccessComputing) has funds available to support training, experiential learning, and other computing and information technology (IT)-related activities nationwide. The ultimate goal is to increase the number of people with disabilities, including post-9/11 veterans, successfully pursuing computing careers.
AccessCSforAll is a Research-Practitioner Partnership that includes Code.org and schools nationwide, including those that serve students who are deaf, are blind, or have learning disabilities. Together they are creating and testing the effectiveness of an accessible version of AP Computer Science Principles. AccessCSforAll also partners with College Board to ensure that they are ready to fully accommodate students with disabilities in their testing.
It is important for programs that serve to increase the participation of women, racial/ethnic minorities or other underrepresented groups in fields such as science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to be welcoming and accessible to students with disabilities. After all, there are people with disabilities within any of these underrepresented groups.
Programs can do a number of simple things to make their activities inviting and accessible to individuals with disabilities, such as those described below.
This CBI provided a forum for discussing recruitment and access challenges, sharing successful practices, developing collaborations, and identifying systemic change initiatives for increasing the participation of students with disabilities in ECS and CSP courses.
International Conference on Technology & Disability: Research, Design, Practice.
This conference gives educators an opportunity for a better understanding of the constant changes that take place in technology education.
A conference for educators to learn how to improve education through the effective use of technology.
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, & Telecommunications sponsored by AACE (Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education).
The CUE Conference is the largest and oldest education technology show in California, and among the largest in the United States.