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CBI Participants Pathways to Success for Students with Invisible Disabilities: an AccessComputing Capacity Building Institute at Landmark College 2013)

Stakeholder groups represented in the CBI included

  • student services leaders and administrators,
  • faculty members,
  • technology specialists, and
  • individuals with disabilities.

The following individuals participated in the CBI.

Manju Banerjee
Landmark College Institute of Research and Training

Michelle Bower
Landmark College

Sandy Bower
Landmark College

Loring C. Brinckerhoff    
Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Geoff Burgess
Landmark College

Universal Design: Implications for Computing Education (AccessComputing News - January 2013)

What might be the first response of a professor when a student who is deaf enrolls in her computing class? Would she look forward to the unique perspective this student brings to the class, or only be concerned about what accommodations might be necessary? An important step to creating a classroom environment that is welcoming to all students is to value diversity in all of its many forms—to see, in this case, differences in hearing abilities as a normal, interesting part of the human experience.

AccessComputing Team Application

For college and graduate students interested in increasing the participation of people with disabilities in computing careers and education.

AccessComputing provides a nationwide resource to increase the participation of people with disabilities in computing education and careers by supporting educators, employers, professional organizations, and other stakeholders to develop more inclusive programs and share effective practices.

AccessComputing Team members

AccessComputing Student Internships (AccessComputing News - January 2013)

AccessComputing has funded over 140 internships for students with disabilities to work on research as well as lab, technical support, and other computing projects. Through these experiences, students have learned how to request reasonable accommodations, communicate with supervisors and co-workers, collaborate with others, and manage priorities. As one student shared, "despite being visually impaired, I can continue to work toward a degree in software engineering. My confidence level has increased along with my determination."

Research projects include:

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