Scientists with disabilities celebrated

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Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register... Exhibit celebrating scientific achievement in the disability community. This made my day on so many levels!

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Thank you so much for sharing this information. This is an important and long overdue project. I wish we could see everything on display.

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Thank you so much for sharing this information. This is an important and long overdue project. I wish we could see everything on display.

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Rose

I completely agree on every level! You're very welcome!

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The last part of the article says it all:

One mainstream narrative that is particularly harmful, she added, is that it’s the responsibility of people with disabilities to overcome any obstacles in their way.

Instead, communities should step up and find ways to support people with disabilities, she said.

That can include low-cost, simple changes. One blind chemist told Martucci that he got through his undergraduate chemistry classes by working with an art student, who created raised-line paintings of the diagrams in his organic-chemistry textbooks using puffy paints.

“It didn’t require the latest high-tech gadgetry to do that,” Martucci said. “It’s really more about a shift in mindset, and thinking creatively.”

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The last part of the article says it all:



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Rose

YES! YES! AMEN! I think if simple accommodations are made STEM could make such great progress with disabled scientists at the helm. Disabled people are surrounded by STEM our whole lives and in the case of some people with brains that are wired differently they may even have an advantage in STEM, like a particular attention to detail and memory, that a able bodied scientist wouldn't notice.