Perspectives on Employment for or from Persons with Disabilities

Friday, February 18, 2011: 9:30 AM-10:30 AM
144B (Washington Convention Center )
This workshop will focus on the perspectives of persons with disabilities, and their potential employers, on how to successfully navigate the science and engineering workforce. It will also provide an opportunity to disseminate the data and lessons learned from the 2009 AAAS Problem Solvers: Education and Career Paths of Engineers with Disabilities Workshop that provided an opportunity for persons with disabilities to review the following: employment issues, accommodations from an engineering perspective, and assistive technology. This workshop will promote diversity in the workforce by providing strategies to overcome potential barriers to entry into science and engineering fields.
Coordinator:
Angela Lee Foreman, Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Presenters:
Kenneth Barner, University of Delaware
, Daniel Krieger, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
and Jerry Kirby, Lockheed Martin
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