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Supalo, Cary A.; Dwyer, Danielle; Eberhart, Heather L.; Bunnag, Natasha; Mallouk, Thomas E. – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2009
The Independent Laboratory Access for the Blind (ILAB) project has developed a suite of speech accessible tools for students who are blind or low vision to use in secondary and postsecondary science laboratory classes. The following are illustrations of experiments designed to be used by educators to introduce them to the ILAB tools, and to…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Blindness, Partial Vision, Visual Impairments
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Neely, Mary Bethe – Journal of Chemical Education, 2007
This paper describes a project undertaken as an interdisciplinary effort among four science departments, two disabilities services offices, and special education personnel to investigate the use and success of assistive technology devices as well as other equipment modifications in an attempt to transform science laboratories into environments…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Chemistry, Geology, Physics
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Frinks, Ronald M. – Physics Teacher, 1983
Describes alterations and adaptations to an existing laboratory table to accommodate wheelchair confined students, considering problems of vertical reach, vision requirements, utility hookups, and safety measures. Specific comments on forty experiments performed and over seventy slides for inservice workshops, seminars or consulting activities are…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), College Science, Design Requirements, Disabilities