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Mentoring Students with Disabilities in Research Experiences

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    SPEAKER: Mentoring
    students with disabilities
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    in research experiences.
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    RICHARD LADNER: My
    name is Richard Ladner.
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    I'm the principal investigator
    for access computing,
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    an NSF-funded project with
    the goal of increasing
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    the participation and
    success of students
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    with disabilities
    in computing fields.
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    Every summer, we
    support students
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    in the Computing Research
    Association's Distributed
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    Research Experiences for
    Undergraduates program.
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    Many of these students
    continue their research
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    and go on to graduate school.
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    ERIN HOWARD: Hi, everyone.
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    My name is Erin Howard.
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    I use she and they
    pronouns, and I
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    am a student at Western
    Washington University.
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    I applied a lot of statistical
    analysis via Python
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    to programmatically pre-classify
    over 275,000 light curves
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    from stars in the Transiting
    Exoplanet Survey Satellite
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    database.
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    EMELIA BELDON: Hi.
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    My name is Emilia Beldon, and
    I am from Gallaudet University.
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    The project is about
    improving live captioning
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    and teleconferencing, like
    Zoom, Hangouts, and Meet.
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    When I first saw the
    project, I thought, yes,
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    what better than to help
    improve the accessibility
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    of the deaf community and
    those who need access?
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    For me, mentors were what
    helped me be successful
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    in computing and the IT field.
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    They have disabilities
    themselves.
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    They can't hear, can't speak,
    but that didn't stop them
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    from being successful.
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    BRIANNA WEIMER: Hi.
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    My name is Brianna Weimer,
    and I am currently a student
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    at the University of Alabama.
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    My disability is ADHD.
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    And so just for
    me, it's helped me
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    develop a passion of
    what I want to work in
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    and develop that kind of
    determination behind it.
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    My project over the
    summer was basically
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    about making a
    biofeedback game that
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    increases emotional regulation
    through respiration techniques
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    and uses positive reinforcement.
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    ERIN HOWARD: The advice I'd
    give to research mentors working
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    with students who
    have a disability,
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    be patient and be kind of
    aware of their situation.
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    EMELIA BELDON: Also, be sure
    to check in with the student
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    frequently and make sure they
    have access to information
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    as well as be able
    to communicate.
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    BRIANNA WIMER: Take
    your time with them.
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    Allow them to open
    up to you about it.
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    Don't kind of push for it.
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    Just allow them to get
    close enough to you.
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    Because when they do, they
    will feel comfortable enough
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    to talk to you about
    their disability
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    and talk to you
    about what they need
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    as a student with
    disability to help them.
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    And then once you
    know that information,
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    you can help them to the
    best of your abilities.
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Title:
Mentoring Students with Disabilities in Research Experiences
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Video Language:
English
Team:
DO-IT
Duration:
03:28

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