Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-7720.
Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92120-5013.
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2021 Sep;20(3):es8. doi: 10.1187/cbe.21-01-0017.
This essay describes the concept of access needs as a tool for improving accessibility in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education broadly, from the classroom, to research group meetings, to professional conferences. The normalization of stating access needs and creating access check-ins is a regular practice used in disability justice activist circles, but it has not yet been normalized in STEM education spaces. Just as normalizing the use of pronouns has been an important step for supporting gender justice, we argue that normalizing access talk is an important step for advancing disability justice in STEM fields. Moreover, we argue that all individuals have access needs, regardless of whether they are disabled or nondisabled. We provide concrete suggestions and techniques that STEM educators can use today.
这篇文章描述了访问需求的概念，它是一种工具，可以广泛地提高科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育的可访问性，从课堂到研究小组会议，再到专业会议。在残疾正义活动家圈子中，陈述访问需求和创建访问检查已经成为一种常规做法，但在 STEM 教育领域还没有得到规范化。就像使用代词的规范化是支持性别正义的重要步骤一样，我们认为，访问对话的规范化是推进 STEM 领域残疾正义的重要步骤。此外，我们认为所有的人都有访问需求，无论他们是否残疾。我们提供了 STEM 教育者今天可以使用的具体建议和技巧。
