@conference{e583d2c452d94f078c89ee6e2c665452,
title = "Beyond ramps and signs: Rethinking support structures for engineering students with disabilities",
author = "Alvarez, {Alexander M.} and Johnson, {Paula C.} and Stephanie Zawada and Linda Shaw and Marla Franco and Vignesh Subbian",
note = "Funding Information: A second essential takeaway from the DRC data is the need for redesigning engineering classroom spaces using principles of universal design. Requests for classroom accommodations were disproportionately higher for engineering students than the overall student population, indicating a need for universal design in engineering classrooms and spaces. Universal design in classrooms is targeted not at increasing accommodations but at ensuring that all students{\textquoteright} needs are addressed in the design of the class, allowing for effective engagement and better access so that individual accommodations become unnecessary [57]. AccessEngineering, an initiative at the University of Washington, supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is an exemplary model and resource for broadening participation in engineering and supporting engineering students with disabilities using such principles of universal design [57]. Their recommendation for employing universal design and better wraparound resource utilization during the first years of undergraduate education will go a long way to ensure that students have access to the resources that they need.; 2018 Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference, CoNECD 2018 ; Conference date: 29-04-2019 Through 02-05-2019",
year = "2018",
month = apr,
day = "29",
language = "English (US)",
}