These recommendations reflect the views of the site authors (Drs. Booksh and Rozovsky) only.
Having a Service Dog in a Research Laboratory
Patricia Redden’s presentation about Service dogs in the academic laboratory
A great discussion of service dogs in the laboratory in Nature 2021
Also see:
Redden, P. Service Dogs in the Chemistry Laboratory, Journal of Chemical Health & Safety, 2016, 23(1), 32-34
and bringing service dogs into the lab
From our very own SELI program! Using Graphiti and tactile graphics for protein visualization. See free article
Adapting Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory Instruction for a Legally Blind Student
Accessible Chemistry Curriculum used by Accessible Science to make hands-on chemistry accessible to blind or visually impaired high school and early college students pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed300600p
The webpage of Accessible Science, a nonprofit that runs hands-on chemistry camps for blind or visually impaired students: www.accessiblescience.org
See also Mona Minkara website Vision is More Than Sight
Not an accommodation per se but watch Annamarie Ross who teaches at RIT
Emerging technologies: Helping blind navigate
Microsoft brings live captioning to Office apps
New technology: high tech glasses
Next-generation artificial vision
Our team recommends Dragon NaturallySpeaking for voice recognition software. Also recommended is https://www.naturalreaders.com/ which reads in a natural voice.
Teaching Chemistry to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students in the time of COVID-19
Access technology resources from the Rochester Institute of Technology
Sonocent – A highly recommended audio note taking program
Community network for deaf scientists– a letter in Science April 28 2017
Welcoming deaf students into STEM – an article in Life Sciences Education Vol. 17, No. 3, September 1, 2018
For additional information see relevant chapter in Teaching Chemistry to Students with Disabilities by Annemarie Ross (Author) and Todd Pagano (Author) – Open access book at http://scholarworks.rit.edu/ritbooks/2/
Do you have questions that are not addressed here? The National Technology Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology can be reached for questions at http://www.ntid.rit.edu/contact
Additional references for Chemistry education for the blind:
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm12/bm1207/bm120703.htm
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed3000364
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed058p206
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ902512
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed084p1697
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed300600p
Prehensile Technologie develops new assist technology
Providing a chemistry laboratory experience for a cerebral-palsied student
More about accessible laboratories on the University of Washington DO IT.
National stuttering association
Science 2017 scientists with learning disabilities
A guide for selecting college for students with learning disability
Frist Center for Autism & Innovation, Vanderbilt University
Landmark college for students who learn differently
Meet the Autistic Scientists Redefining Autism Research | The Scientist Magazine®
A few book suggestions that college educators, parents, and students will find helpful:
Teaching College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
College resources for students with disability
Educational reintegration for students with traumatic brain injury; see AccreditedSchoolsOnline
ASBMB Personalized protocols – Mandated by law, mental health accommodations can help some students and researchers succeed in the lab — but first they have to ask.
What happens when you’re disabled but nobody can tell NYTimes 2020
How I came out about my disability NYTimes 2020
Combining the Maker Movement with Accessibility Needs in an Undergraduate Laboratory: A Cost-Effective Text-to-Speech Multipurpose, Universal Chemistry Sensor Hub (MUCSH) for Students with Disabilities
Consideration of higher risks for chemical exposure to persons with disabilities in laboratories
A service dog with his lab coat, goggles, and boots in an organic chemistry laboratory.
