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Information for Handicapped Applicants
 
 
Our new building is fully wheel-chair accessible, including wheel-chair accessible hoods, benches, eye washes, showers, etc. In this respect, our building exceeds current federal code. We wish to utilize our building to the fullests by facilitating bench chemistry to students who use a wheelchair.
 
 
 
 
List of Professional Organizations and Resources for Scientists with Disabilities:
 
 
 
(ACS)
American Chemical Society
Committee on Chemists with Disabilities
1155 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 800-227-5558 (x2120)
TDD: 202-452-2120
Publication: Working Chemists with Disabilities
(FSD)
Foundation for Science and Disability
236 Grand Street
Morgantown, WV 26505-7509
Phone: (304) 293-5201 x 513
Fax: (304) 293-6363
E-mail: u0072@wvnvm.wvnet.eduy
     
     
 
 

(AAAS)
Project on Science, Technology, and Disability
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1333 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 326-6630
Fax: (202) 371-9849

(EASI)
Program for Persons with Disabilities
Lawrence A. Scadden, Ph.D.
Senior Program Director
Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Program for Persons with Disabilities
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 815
Arlington, Va. 22230
Phone: (703) 292-4674
E-mail: Lscadden@nsf.gov
     
 
     
 
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