Vision

Each human being responds in different ways to the general curriculum. The diversity of students in a classroom are a challenge to the educator that facilitates the experience and a challenge for the general curriculum developers, which if not adapted can be inadequate and not inclusive resulting for the worst regarding the academic development of the participants in the classroom. The Shirohisa Ikeda Project seeks to make inclusive the field of science for all people regardless of age, educational background, health conditions, or disabilities. The work consists of preparing lessons (k-college) in Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy for students with visual impairments. These students are visited around the island.
For undergraduate students, the mathematics department at the University of Puerto Rico offers the Inclusive Mathematics Class for people with the need of special accommodation. The physics department has established the project, where the lessons are being adapted. The emphasis is on the use of adapted materials as the xSonify sonification Prototype, Wooden Tactile Cartesian Plane, the Cranmer Abacus, the writing of mathematics in Braille, Geometry, NASA Radio JOVE Telescope, 1.4 Ghz paraboloid antenna, the Sudden Ionospheric Impulse radio telescope of Stanford University, the use of JAWS voice synthesizers and the Braille Printer.