Community voices: broadening participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine among persons with disabilities

Siobhán M. Mattison; Logan Gin; Allistair A. Abraham; Megan Moodie; Feranmi Okanlami; Katherine Wander

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34711-w

Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Community voices: broadening participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine among persons with disabilities

Siobhán M. Mattison,
Logan Gin,
Allistair A. Abraham,
Megan Moodie,
Feranmi Okanlami,
Katherine Wander

Affiliations

Siobhán M. Mattison: University of New Mexico, Department of Anthropology
Logan Gin: Brown University, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
Allistair A. Abraham: George Washington University, Department of Pediatrics
Megan Moodie: University of California at Santa Cruz, Department of Anthropology
Feranmi Okanlami: University of Michigan, Family Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Katherine Wander: Binghamton University (SUNY), Department of Anthropology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34711-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Disability has too often been peripheral to efforts to widen the STEMM pipeline, hampering research quality and innovation. Inspired by change in education delivery and research collaborations during the pandemic, we offer a structure for efforts to recruit and retain disabled scientists and practitioners.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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