Creating accessible materials is important for everyone. However, it’s important to ask about the STEM fields’ particular relationship with accessibility.
According to an article in Nature, ableist cultures in science have made it harder for science people to declare a disability. This means that there are more science people with disabilities than we know of.
A National Academies report tells of a predominant attitude in STEM that “innate talent” is the key to success in STEM fields.
This should help us to realize that it is more important than ever to create accessible materials in our roles as STEM librarians.
NCSES Statistics on Disability in STEM
Nothing about us without us from the journal Chemistry
an article about STEM inclusion in a post-pandemic world
Various profiles on disabilities and STEM fields (video) from The DO-IT Center
AccessSTEM provides many resources on creating accessible online content for STEM
SciAccess is an organization devoted to accessibility in science