Richard E. Ladner
Andreas Stefik
Daniela Marghitu
ABSTRACT
Approximately 10% of computer science and engineering majors have a disability of some kind. Students with disabilities are more likely to drop out of the major than those without disabilities. At the K-12 level, many tools used to teach computing are inaccessible to students with disabilities. This BOF will bring together individuals who are interested in increasing the representation of students with disabilities in computing and improving their success. Participants will share strategies and promising practices to help each other do a better job of including these students in our classes and research projects. Resources, including those produced by AccessComputing and AccessCSforAll (formally AccessCS10K) will be shared. Handouts and stickers will be given out.
Index Terms
- Access to Computing Education for Students with Disabilities (Abstract Only)
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