残疾科学家寻求改善工作的变革
📖 逐句对照翻译
Disabled researchers often face barriers while carrying out their work.
残疾研究人员在开展工作时常常面临障碍。
So some scientists with disabilities are seeking to increase attention about the problem and come up with workable solutions.
因此，一些身有残疾的科学家正致力于提高人们对这一问题的关注，并提出可行的解决方案。
Anita Marshall is a geologist with the University of Florida.
安妮塔·马歇尔是佛罗里达大学的一名地质学家。
She recently told The Associated Press (AP) that while she faces some limitations, it does not mean she cannot do her job.
她最近告诉美联社，尽管她面临一些限制，但这并不意味着她无法完成工作。
“Just because you can’t do it like someone else doesn’t mean you can’t do it,” she said.
“你不能像别人那样做，并不意味着你就做不了，”她说。
Marshall recently led an outing of disabled researchers to a natural lake in Southern California’s San Bernadino National Forest.
马歇尔最近带领一群残疾研究人员前往南加州圣贝纳迪诺国家森林的一个天然湖泊进行郊游。
The group included scientists and students with disabilities related to sight, hearing and mobility.
该小组包括有视力、听力和行动障碍的科学家和学生。
They visited Lost Lake, which sits along the area’s San Andreas Fault.
他们游览了失落湖，该湖位于该地区的圣安德烈亚斯断层沿线。
The fault contains two tectonic plates that can cause earthquakes.
该断层包含两个可能引发地震的构造板块。
The trip was organized by Marshall’s group, called the International Association for Geoscience Diversity.
这次旅行是由马歇尔所在的团体组织的，该团体名为国际地球科学多样性协会。
It aims to demonstrate the difficulties, or challenges, disabled researchers often face.
它旨在展示残疾研究人员经常面临的困难或挑战。
Other groups also aim to improve access to field and laboratory work so those with disabilities feel welcome and stay.
其他团体也致力于改善实地工作和实验室工作的参与机会，让残障人士感到受欢迎并愿意留下来。
Taormina Lepore is a Western Michigan University paleontologist who went on the trip.
陶尔米纳·莱波雷是西密歇根大学的古生物学家，她也参加了这次旅行。
She told the AP that one problem is that many scientists seem to value a single, traditional way of doing their work.
她告诉美联社，一个问题在于，许多科学家似乎看重单一的、传统的工作方式。
This makes it more difficult to get changes for disabled researchers.
这使得为残疾研究人员争取改变变得更加困难。
On the trip to Lost Lake, everyone got to see the lake even if they could not get there physically.
在前往失落湖的旅途中，即便有人无法亲身到达，每个人也都得以目睹那湖的风光。
Some attendees saw the surroundings on video taken by a drone.
一些参加者通过无人机拍摄的视频看到了周围的环境。
Lepore, who also researches science education, said an important part of the process is for scientists to think about what might help other scientists they work with.
莱波雷还研究科学教育，他说，这一过程的一个重要部分是让科学家思考什么可能有助于与他们共事的其他科学家。
“It’s really about empathy, as much as it is about science.”
这既关乎科学，也同样关乎同理心。
The National Science Foundation said in 2021 that disabled people make up about three percent of the science, technology, engineering, and math workforce.
美国国家科学基金会2021年表示，残疾人士约占科学、技术、工程和数学领域劳动力的3%。
Scientists with disabilities say the low percentage is partly because labs, classrooms and field areas are not designed for disabled individuals.
残疾科学家表示，这一低比例部分原因是实验室、教室和野外区域并非为残疾人士设计。
Mark Leddy used to oversee disability-related grants for the National Science Foundation.
马克·莱迪曾负责监督美国国家科学基金会与残疾相关的资助项目。
He noted that some students and faculty are still told they cannot work in a lab or do research safely.
他指出，一些学生和教职员工仍然被告知他们不能安全地在实验室工作或进行研究。
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 does set rules for new buildings and labs.
1990年的《美国残疾人法案》确实为新建筑和实验室制定了规则。
These include requiring ramps and walkways that can be used by people in wheelchairs.
这些包括要求设置可供轮椅使用者使用的坡道和人行道。
But making changes to older labs can be costly and difficult.
但对旧实验室进行改造可能既昂贵又困难。
Alyssa Paparella is working on her doctorate degree in biology at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas.
阿丽莎·帕帕雷拉正在德克萨斯州贝勒医学院攻读生物学博士学位。
She founded an online community for disabled scientists.
她为残疾科学家创立了一个在线社区。
Paparella said a science building at one of her former schools did not have the needed buttons to open the doors.
帕帕雷拉说，她之前就读的一所学校里的一栋科学大楼没有开门所需的按钮。
“That’s the front door that they’re not even able to get in.”
那就是他们甚至无法进入的前门。
Leddy said researchers with disabilities are invaluable because of their life experiences.
莱迪表示，残疾研究人员因其生活经历而显得尤为宝贵。
They have to come up with creative ways to get past barriers in their lives — a problem-solving skill that is needed in a lab.
他们必须想出创造性的方法来克服生活中的障碍——这是实验室里所需的一项解决问题技能。
Jennifer Piatek is a professor of Earth and Space Sciences at Central Connecticut State University.
詹妮弗·皮亚泰克是中央康涅狄格州立大学地球与空间科学的教授。
She uses a wheelchair but was able to see through drone video.
她使用轮椅，但通过无人机视频得以观看。
Piatek said it was nice to be part of a community that took her needs into account.
皮亚特克说，能成为一个顾及她需求的社区一员真好。
You can learn a lot from images and maps, “but really you need to get to the space to be in it.”
你可以从图像和地图中学到很多，但真正需要的是亲临其境。
Western Michigan’s Lepore is a neurodivergent person with low vision.
西密歇根大学的莱波雷是一位有低视力的神经多样性人士。
She noted, “Nature is not inherently accessible.”
她指出：“自然并非天生就是无障碍的。”
Bushra Hussaini works at New York City’s American Museum of Natural History.
布什拉·侯赛尼在纽约市的美国自然历史博物馆工作。
She told the AP that by going on field trips, she learns new ways to support interns and volunteers who visit the museum.
她告诉美联社，通过实地考察，她学到了支持参观博物馆的实习生和志愿者的新方法。
She said the supportive community of geologists is what keeps her coming back.
她说，地质学家这个相互支持的社群正是让她不断回归的原因。
“We learn from each other and we help each other.”
我们互相学习，互相帮助。
As a doctoral student, Marshall went on field trips with other students.
作为一名博士生，马歇尔与其他学生一起进行了实地考察。
But she often had to wait in the car because the organizers had not thought about her disabilities.
但她经常不得不在车里等待，因为组织者没有考虑到她的残疾。
Marshall wants things to be different for the next generation of scientists.
马歇尔希望下一代科学家的境遇能有所不同。
“The whole point of these little day trips is to just plant that seed out there…that there’s another way forward,” she said.
她说：“这些短途一日游的关键就在于播下种子……让人们知道还有另一条前进的道路。”
I’m Mario Ritter Jr.
我是小马里奥·里特。
And I'm Caty Weaver.
我是凯蒂·韦弗。
Adithi Ramakrishnan reported this story for the Associated Press.
阿迪蒂·拉马克里希南为美联社报道了这则新闻。
Mario Ritter, Jr. adapted it for VOA Learning English.
小马里奥·里特为VOA英语学习频道改编了此文。
