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Parents & Students with Disabilities can Continue their Fight for Safe & Reliable Transportation
For countless families in the District of Columbia, the daily trip to school is fraught with anxiety due to unsafe and unreliable transportation services for students with disabilities. A federal judge signaled hope for change and cleared the way for parents and guardians of children with disabilities and The Arc of the United States (The Arc) to pursue their case against the District of Columbia (DC) for failing to provide them with safe, reliable, and effective transportation to school.
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5 Tips to Make Digital Content Accessible to Cognitive Disabilities
Not everyone learns the same way! Cognitive impairment refers to a wide range of disabilities – from people with intellectual impairments that limit their ability, to age-related problems with thinking and remembering. By acknowledging and addressing the differences, we can create more inclusive technology that supports every person's unique way of learning and interacting with information. Its high time we recognize that people process information differently. Download these 5 tips that will help you make digital content accessible for cognitive disabilities.
Linfield Receives Grant to Make Nursing School More Inclusive
A generous grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation will help Linfield University continue to make nursing education more accessible in the years ahead. As part of the study, the Linfield team will engage students with disabilities, clinical partners and nurses to explore barriers to success. These findings will aid them in creating a data-informed framework to develop training modules nursing schools can use to address accessibility in a variety of educational environments.
Special Ed Students Benefit From Being Integrated at School. It Doesn't Always Happen
"Study after study is showing that there's no harm to being included, but there's great risks of harm to being segregated," says Jennifer Kurth, a professor of special education at the University of Kansas. "Kids [with disabilities] who are included develop better academic skills, better communication skills, better social skills, just kind of everything we try to measure."
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Creating an Equitable Learning Environment for Everyone
One of the main concerns for students with disability at the start of the school year is ensuring that they are provided with accessible learning materials for their coursework. The break before the new academic year would be a great time for Universities to start work on ensuring that their learning materials like student brochures, manual, handbooks, textbooks, course materials, workbooks, etc are accessible. This would go a long way in saving time and effort for both, the faculty, and the student body once the year begins. Use the 247 Portal to upload these learning materials effortlessly, track progress and download accessible versions—all in one spot.
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