SCS DEI Update
Jun. 24, 2022
Disability:IN — Helping Individuals With Disabilities
Disability:IN is a nonprofit organization that connects with over 400 companies to achieve a vision of an inclusive global workforce that supports the full participation of people with disabilities.
Disability:IN has a number of resources for companies and for people with disabilities. For example, the Disability Equality Index is a tool that helps provide a roadmap of tangible actions companies can take to achieve disability inclusion and equality. Disability:IN also sponsors a Neurodiversity@Work Employer Roundtable, featuring a collection of employers with neurodiversity-focused hiring programs that others in the community can share and leverage. The organization also works with college students and recent graduates through its NextGen Leaders program, which offers individuals the opportunity to participate in mentoring, networking and other career development opportunities. We hope that you will learn more with the goal of supporting a more inclusive society.
Announcements
New "Research Consulting" Resource Available for Graduate Students in SCS
SCS is a vibrant, energetic, fast-moving research environment. Graduate students come to our programs because they are excited by the research and the opportunity to develop their skills. They also arrive with widely varying prior experience in exercising those skills. While the advisor-advisee relationship is the primary source of guidance, we also recognize that students may want or need more coaching: more discussion, more opportunities to practice presentations and more feedback from experienced researchers. For an additional critical sounding board for early ideas, paper drafts or talks; or additional support in presentation skills, the design of human subject studies, annotation guidelines, or human-computer interactions, graduate students can schedule one-on-one time by contacting Jill Fain Lehman.
Other Items of Interest
- A nonspeaking valedictorian with autism gave her college’s commencement speech. She didn't say a word — and that only made her message resonate more powerfully. Valedictorian Elizabeth Bonker recently delivered the commencement speech at Rollins College in Florida, urging her classmates to serve others and embrace the power of sharing.
- ADA compliance cannot be equated with accessibility. The UC Davis campus presents serious accessibility issues for students with disabilities.
- Universities have returned in person, but some disabled students don’t want to go back. Some disabled students find it difficult to get to class. They’re advocating for remote options added during the COVID-19 pandemic to stay.
Thank you,
The SCS DEI Team
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/dei/
SCS-dei@cs.cmu.edu