Mariah L. Arral

Ableism is a barrier to accessible engineering education. Since Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 mandated equal access to postsecondary institutions for people with disabilities, there has been pushback. Improvements have been made through laws, research, and activism, but there are still many steps we must take to further the accessibility and inclusion of disabled students in educational environments. As a disabled student, Mariah is committed to contributing to the engineering education literature on this subject. She has been invited to give a keynote presentation and has two papers accepted on the topics on accessible education for disabled student and neurodiversity. Mariah will also be inducted into the University of New Hampshire Diversity Hall of Fame in the Fall of 2022.