Astronomy and Inclusion Resouces for disabled populations: a report from the WG3

GARCIA, BEATRIZ; ORTIZ, AMELIA; PROUST, D.

Hawaii

Congreso; IAU-XXIXa-GA-2015; 2015

In 2012 the creation of an interdisciplinary WG in which astronomers work together with technicians, educators and disability specialists,  was proposed to the and established inside the IAU Commission 46, of Education and development of the Astronomy.The main objetives of this proposal were: 1.develop new teaching and learning strategies devoted to generating resources of high impact among disabled populations, which are usually away from astronomy.2.Collect the availabe resource on the Globe to create a reservoir.We present successful initiatives on the Globe designed to research the best-practices in using new technologies to communicate science to disabled persons, and include the creation of models and applications, and the implementation of a database of didactic approaches and tools.