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What is the major barrier to success in education, work and life?
A study done by the National Science Foundation, a few years ago, found
that the major to success for students with disabilities studying the
sciences was not their disability but was negative social attitudes.  Yes,
you and I can contribute barriers to those struggling to succeed!  If this
was true for success in the sciences, it surely is equally true in other
disciplines.
The link below will play a 3-4 minute audio panel discussion by Larry
Scadden formerly of NSF, Norman Coombs of EASI, Harry Murphy formerly from
the CSUN Center on Disabilities, Greg Vanderheiden from the Trace Research
and Development Center and Deborah Kaplan formerly from the World Institute
on Disabilities:


http://easi.cc/download/attitudes.mp3

EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) has a short pamphlet giving
an overview of the major problems for students with disabilities in
studying math and science and outlining tools and techniques to overcome
such barriers.  You can obtain this pamphlet by sending a mail message to
mailto:easi12@xxxxxxx and you will receive it in return mail.

EASI, in partnership with the University of Southern Maine, provides the
Certificate in Accessible Information Technology.  To earn this
certificate, you need to take 5 of EASI's online courses
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

In September the month-long, online, instructor-led class is Barrier-free
Information Technology which provides an excellent overview on what is
needed to create a campus-wide accessible information technology system:
http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm


Lisa Yayla
Huseby Kompetansesenter
Oslo Norway
lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx

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