Disrupting Ableism and Advancing STEM:Promoting the Success of People with Disabilities in the STEM Workforce:Proceedings of a Workshop Series (2024)

Disrupting Ableism and Advancing STEM:Promoting the Success of People withDisabilities in the STEM Workforce:Proceedings of a Workshop Series (2024) DETAILS 144 pages | 6 x 9 | PAPERBACKISBN 978-0-309-71038-1 | DOI 10.17226/27245 CONTRIBUTORS Taylor Kate Brown and Melissa E. Wynn, Rapporteurs; Kerry Brenner and Maria LundDahlberg, Editors; Board on Higher Education and Workforce; Board on ScienceEducation; Policy and Global Affairs; Division of Behavioral and SocialSciences and Education; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, andMedicine SUGGESTED CITATION National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024.DisruptingAbleism and Advancing STEM: Promoting the Success of People with Disabilitiesin the STEM Workforce: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: TheNational Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27245. Visit the National Academies Press at nap.edu and login or register to get: – Access to free PDF downloads of thousands of publications– 10% off the price of print publications– Email or social media notifications of new titles related to your interests– Special offers and discounts All downloadable National Academies titles are free to be used for personal and/or non-commercialacademic use. Users may also freely post links to our titles on this website; non-commercial academicusers are encouraged to link to the version on this website rather than distribute a downloaded PDFto ensure that all users are accessing the latest authoritative version of the work. All other uses requirewritten permission. (Request Permission) This PDF is protected by copyright and owned by the National Academy of Sciences; unless otherwiseindicated, the National Academy of Sciences retains copyright to all materials in this PDF with all rightsreserved. Disrupting Ableism andAdvancing STEM Promoting the Success of People withDisabilities in the STEM Workforce Taylor Kate Brown andMelissa E. Wynn,Rapporteurs Kerry Brenner andMaria Lund Dahlberg,Editors Board on Higher Educationand Workforce Policy and Global Affairs Board on Science Education Division of Behavioral andSocial Sciences and Education Proceedings of a Workshop Series Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Disrupting Ableism and Advancing STEM Promoting the Success of People with Disabilities in the... NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 This activity was supported by a contract between the National Academy ofSciences and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings,conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarilyreflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for theproject. International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-309-71038-1International Standard Book Number-10: 0-309-71038-3Digital Object Identifier:https://doi.org/10.17226/27245 This publication is available from the National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street,NW, Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001; (800) 624-6242 or (202) 334-3313;http://www.nap.edu. Copyright 2024 by the National Academy of Sciences. National Academies ofSciences, Engineering, and Medicine and National Academies Press and thegraphical logos for each are all trademarks of the National Academy of Sciences.All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.2024.Disrupting Ableism and Advancing STEM: Promoting the Success of Peoplewith Disabilities in the STEM Workforce: Proceedings of a Workshop Series.Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.https://doi.org/10.17226/27245. Disrupting Ableism and Advancing STEM Promoting the Success of People with Disabilities in the... TheNational Academy of Scienceswas established in 1863 by an Act ofCongress, signed by President Lincoln, as a private, nongovernmental institutionto advise the nation on issues related to science and technology. Members areelected by their peers for outstanding contributions to research. Dr. MarciaMcNutt is president. TheNational Academy of Engineeringwas established in 1964 under thecharter of the National Academy of Sciences to bring the practices of engineeringto advising the nation. Members are elected by their peers for extraordinarycontributions to engineering. Dr. John L. Anderson is president. TheNational Academy of Medicine(formerly the Institute of Medicine)was established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciencesto advise the nation on medical and health issues. Members are elected by theirpeers for distinguished contributions to medicine and health. Dr. Victor J. Dzauis president. The three Academies work together as theNational Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicineto provide independent, objective analysis andadvice to the nation and conduct other activities to solve complex problems andinform public policy decisions. The National Academies also encourage educ