In their latest newsletter, the 糖心原创鈥檚 (UW) College of Engineering highlighted the importance of making engineering and computing programs accessible to students with disabilities. The College of Engineering pointed to DO鈥慖T鈥檚 AccessEngineering program as a great 鈥渞esource for universities nationwide鈥 to promote accessibility and inclusion.
The article showcases 2013 Scholar and AccessComputing team member Hannah Werbel talking about her experience in those programs: 鈥淚 don鈥檛 feel like I鈥檓 pursuing my education alone, or that I have to figure out how to overcome obstacles that others don鈥檛 have to by myself.鈥
AccessEngineering Co-PI Kat Steele shared how engineering should be accessible to even non-engineering students through Makerspaces. 鈥淢akerspaces are continuing to grow on university campuses, and we wanted to provide some best practices so that as these new spaces are being created they can be accessible to as many students as possible,鈥 she said. 鈥淭he more diversity we have in engineering the more problems we鈥檒l be able to solve.鈥
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