Laura, et al. Sorry to be late to this conversation. Another useful place for information and support for students with disabilities is the "Do-it" program at the University of Washington: http://www.washington.edu/doit/ Doug
Doug Levey Program Officer, Population and Community Ecology Division of Environmental Biology National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd, Room 635.07 Arlington, VA 22230 voice: (703) 292-5196 FAX: (703) 292-9064 Check out the DEB Blog: http://nsfdeb.wordpress.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of K Thompson Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 10:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] summary of advice for disabled student seeking grad program in wildlife biology Laura, Thank you for posting this summary as a resource for others! Please tell your student to consider aquatic systems. Even though she cannot walk, she can learn to scuba dive! HSA looks like the most obvious resource: https://www.hsascuba.com/ I don't have personal experience with this, but have been told by more experienced divers that it is fairly common to teach handicapped people to dive for therapeutic reasons. I don't see why she couldn't become a research diver, if she found it appealing! Cheers, Kate
