34 3 JANUARY 2020 • VOL 367 ISSUE 6473 sciencemag.org SCIENCE ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT NEUBECKER discussions. Alternatively, written sum- maries prepared beforehand should accompany visual and oral presentations. This would allow learners to read the material as explained by the professor, rather than a textbook, multiple times for stronger comprehension. Juliet Tegan Johnston Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Twitter: @queermsfrizzle Wet labs are designed for people with no physical challenges. Many of us who could contribute to science have difficulties not with the techniques or knowledge but rather with the need to spend hours sitting on a lab stool. Adjustable benches and equipment would improve accessibility and the wet lab experience for all scientists. Carol Connolly Dublin 18, Ireland. Email: Hateyes@yahoo.com Many fields of medicine require physicians to work on call for more than 24 hours. Although this serves as important experi- ence, students with disabilities may find it prohibitively challenging to work so many consecutive hours. A reduction in required on-call hours would allow students with and without disabilities to thrive in their training. Students pursuing specialties with extended-call commitments could elect to gain this exposure. Cody Lo Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada. Twitter: @cody_lo Despite being the most popular event at scientific conferences, poster sessions are probably the least accessible. As someone who struggles with low vision, I find poster sessions frustrating. Most posters have unreadable fonts, unclear images, and poor color contrast. Conference organiz- ers should encourage poster presenters to make a 2-minute video summary of their work. The video and the presenter’s con- tact information could then be accessed by scanning a QR code. These QR codes would help build camaraderie among research- ers; unlike business cards, conference goers would have details of the presenters together with their presentations. Edmond Sanganyado Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063, China. Twitter: @ESanganyado In physical anthropology, the majority of assessments of ancestry, sex, and age of a skeleton are based on morphological features. However, only a limited number of models are provided to demonstrate the differences. The inclusion of 3D models with differing variations of features would be helpful to every student, not just the ones who are differently abled. I believe it would bridge the divide between recently graduated students and experienced practi- tioners, allowing for greater mentorship of other technical aspects of the work. Kristy A. Winter College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia. Twitter: @Winterhiccup Having a disability can be very expensive. In addition to costs such as out-of-pocket fees for therapy, people with mobility impairments may pay more for rent, as accessible apartments tend to be more expensive, or more for food because of specific dietary needs. These higher costs contribute to a higher risk of poverty for people with disabilities. Therefore, increasing pay for Ph.D. students would make it more likely that students with a disability—as well as students from LETTERS Making science accessible To mark the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, we asked young scientists this question: What one thing would you change about the training or careers in your field to improve accessibility for people with visible and/or invisible disabilities? A selection of their responses is below. Follow NextGen Voices on Twitter with hashtag #NextGenSci. Read previous NextGen Voices survey results at https://science.sciencemag.org/collection/nextgen-voices. NEXTGEN VOICES Provide logistical support Because I have dyslexia, I use read-out- loud software, but it is not well suited to journal articles with citations. Listening to citations makes keeping track of the paper difficult and can add hours of reading time. Some expensive software allows you to select what to read, but it can take days to mark the citations and is impractical when reading many journal articles. A tool that allows the listener to skip the citations would help. Kristen Tuosto Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. Email: ktuosto@gwu.edu Movies have subtitles for a reason. People might be hearing impaired or easily dis- tracted, have trouble deciphering accents, or understand written information better. Speech-to-text technology, which enables instructors to instantly provide written versions of their lecture materials, should be used in real time during classroom Published by AAAS on July 24, 2020 http://science.sciencemag.org/ Downloaded from