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Active accommodations for laboratories

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Project Description 

Students with disabilities face barriers while attending university courses that require hands-on laboratory activities. Typically, those students are forced to take a passive role rather than actively participating in the labs which leaves them with a subpar education. This project will attempt to provide students with disabilities with the necessary accommodations for them to actively participate in their lab activities along with their peers to the greatest extent possible.

Co-Project Leads 

Rory A. Cooper
Human Engineering Research Laboratories 

Jonathan Duvall 
Human Engineering Research Laboratories 

Select Collaborators 

Garrett Grindle
Human Engineering Research Laboratories 

Libby Powers
Human Engineering Research Laboratories 

Randy Williams
Human Engineering Research Laboratories 

Goal Area

Promote Diversity and Inclusion