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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.19,0:00:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How welcoming is your department\Nto faculty members who have disabilities?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.04,0:00:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, I'm Sheryl Burgstahler
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.33,0:00:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Director of the DO-IT Center\Nand the AccessADVANCE Project.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.27,0:00:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I'll share some tips\Nfor making STEM departments
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.94,0:00:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more inclusive of\Nfaculty with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.69,0:00:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Application pools for faculty positions\Nhave become increasingly diverse.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.25,0:00:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, some applicants \Nand employees with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.08,0:00:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encounter challenges that occur\Nduring the employment application process
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.84,0:00:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after they're hired.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.38,0:00:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barriers include those related\Nto facilities, meetings, courses,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.24,0:00:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digital documents, services,\Nand online resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.18,0:00:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine a person who's blind\Ndiscovering that they cannot access
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.36,0:00:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digital job application forms\Nwith a screen reader.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.49,0:01:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine a professor who cannot hear\Nwhen microphones are not used
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.31,0:01:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during a large meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.95,0:01:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine an instructor\Nwith health-related disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.70,0:01:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who fears that requesting accommodation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.10,0:01:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may affect their chances\Nfor earning tenure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.43,0:01:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Campus leaders should adjust institutional\Nand departmental policies and procedures
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.14,0:01:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ensure that they\Nreflect an inclusive culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.53,0:01:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Answering the following questions\Ncan help you get started.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.46,0:01:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the physical environment\Naccessible, comfortable, and safe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.23,0:01:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for individuals with a range of abilities?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.99,0:01:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are support staff prepared to work \Nwith faculty who have disabilities?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.62,0:01:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do flexible policies allow individuals
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.24,0:01:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to attend meetings and work remotely?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.06,0:01:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it clear to faculty how to request\Ndisability-related accommodations?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.65,0:01:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And is there guidance in\Nchoosing assistive technology?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.53,0:02:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are accommodations\Nprovided and funded
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.66,0:02:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through a central institutional unit?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.09,0:02:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus, avoiding the appearance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.11,0:02:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that individual faculty members\Nwith disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.56,0:02:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are a financial burden to the department?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.30,0:02:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are disability-related issues\Naddressed in all campus
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.34,0:02:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and departmental diversity,\Nequity, and inclusion initiatives?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.48,0:02:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking steps in response\Nto questions like these
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.39,0:02:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can also benefit faculty who\Ndo not disclose disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.32,0:02:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find additional considerations\Nin our publication
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.56,0:02:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Equal Access: Making STEM Departments\NMore Accessible to and Inclusive of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.11,0:02:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faculty with Disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.16,0:02:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's at\Nuw.edu/doit/programs/advance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.41,0:02:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember that disability is\Nsimply one aspect of diversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.18,0:02:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Increasing the participation of people\Nwith disabilities among STEM faculty
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.92,0:03:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strengthens these fields with\Ntheir unique perspectives and expertise.