{"doi":"10.1371/journal.pone.0277249","title":"Accessibility and disability inclusion among top-funded U.S. Undergraduate Institutions","abstract":"BACKGROUND: There is limited data to assess, track, or quantify accessibility and disability inclusion across universities. OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional study assessed disability inclusion and accessibility at the top 50 National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded undergraduate programs in the United States. We hypothesized that there is no association between NIH funding and the University Disability Inclusion Score. METHODS: A novel tool, the University Disability Inclusion Score assessed disability inclusion and accessibility using 10 indicators spanning 4 categories: (1) accessibility of built and virtual environment, (2) public image of disability inclusion, (3) accommodations processes and procedures, and (4) grievance policy. Based upon the total points (out of a total score of 100), each university was assigned a letter grade (A-F). RESULTS: Of the top 50 NIH-funded institutions, 6% received an A grade on the Score, while 60% received D or F. The mean scores were 15.2 (SD = 5) for accessibility of built and virtual environment (20 points), 10 (SD = 3) for public image of disability inclusion (20 points), 30.6 (SD = 10) for accommodations processes and procedures (50 points), and 8.1 (SD = 3) for grievance policy (10 points). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest room for improvement in disability inclusion and accessibility among top university recipients of NIH funding. To provide an equitable academic experience, universities must prioritize disability inclusion.","journal":"PLoS ONE","year":2022,"id":254909,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":21,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9073,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2022-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":902166,"name":"Caroline Cerilli","orcid":"0000-0002-0892-2515","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":291487,"name":"Varshini Varadaraj","orcid":"0000-0003-2060-1316","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":902167,"name":"Fiona Sweeney","orcid":"0000-0002-2074-5611","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":902569,"name":"Jared Smith","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":389040,"name":"Jiafeng Zhu","orcid":"0000-0001-5778-625X","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":307676,"name":"Gayane Yenokyan","orcid":"0000-0003-1482-5612","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":291486,"name":"Bonnielin K. Swenor","orcid":"0000-0002-6044-0951","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":902165,"name":"Jessica Campanile","orcid":"0000-0001-7801-0653","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":3,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T00:25:08.518416Z","pmid":"36417345","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}