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Career > Advancement
Employee Resource Groups and Disability Advocacy as Career Tools
...you run a lunch-and-learn on accessible design, that's a project with deliverables. If you coordinate a mentorship program for disabled employees, that's...lunch-and-learn on accessible design, that's a project with deliverables. If you coordinate a mentorship program for disabled employees, that's program management....
Career > Skills Training
Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
...workplace readiness services through your state's...they graduate. These services, called Pre-Employment...Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS), are designed...for IEP transition services. It's a parallel...employment. Pre-ETS delivers specific workplace...which are mandated services your student can...curious about, or coordinate job shadowing in...
Career > Finding Jobs
Transferable Skills Assessment: Identifying What You Bring to New Careers
...schedules, navigated bureaucracies, taught yourself skills online, or coordinated services for a family member. When someone asks what you bring to a job,...navigated bureaucracies, taught yourself skills online, or coordinated services for a family member. When someone asks what you bring to a job, you draw...
Parenting > Support Groups
The Complete Guide to Finding Support as a Special Needs Parent
...reduced parental stress, improved family outcomes, and better navigation of services. And most parents have never heard of them. Here's how they work: You...heard of them. Here's how they work: You contact your state's program, coordinated nationally through Parent to Parent USA. You're matched one-to-one with...
News > Research
The Autism Research Panel That Controls $2 Billion Just Lost Its Scientists
...federal panels are. It's congressionally mandated, established in 2006 to coordinate federal autism research across agencies and set priorities for what gets...which requires IACC membership to include "leading research, advocacy, and service organizations for individuals with autism spectrum disorder." When the...
Education > Higher Education
Transition Plans Matter
...goals and transition services needed to assist your...transition plan and the services contained in the plan...goal, there must be a coordinated set of activities designed...preferences and interests. The services to be provided may include...instruction, related services, community experiences,...specifically designed and coordinated set of activities. Many...
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
New TSA Helpline for Special Needs Travelers
...placed 72 hours ahead of flight time so that TSA Cares will be able to coordinate further support with a TSA Customer Service Manager at the airport should...TSA Cares will be able to coordinate further support with a TSA Customer Service Manager at the airport should the need arise. The TSA website also offers...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
ARCH National Respite Locator: How to Find Emergency Backup Care
...to Respite Care and Help. It's a federally funded national center that coordinates respite resources across all 50 states. The organization doesn't provide...that offer in-home care, facility-based programs, and volunteer respite services. Some specialize in specific disabilities. Others serve families regardless...
Education > Early Intervention
What to Expect During Your Child's Early Intervention Evaluation
...your child qualifies for services under IDEA Part C, the federal...developmental specialist or service coordinator A speech-language...developmental specialist or service coordinator A speech-language pathologist...will likely be there. The service coordinator will usually be...likely be there. The service coordinator will usually be present. They're...
Education > Higher Education
Disability Resource Centers: Your College Student's Guide to Registration and Services
...DRC, sometimes called a Disability Services Office or Access Services. It's free,...Disability Services Office or Access Services. It's free, it's there for students...Disability Resource Center Does. The DRC coordinates academic accommodations for students...provide tutoring, therapy, or medical services. It arranges reasonable accommodations...
Education > Early Intervention
What Happens When Early Intervention Ends at Age 3: The Transition to Preschool Special Education
...what that means for the services your family relies on....eligibility rules, different service structures, and different...need to request. Your service coordinator should notify...request. Your service coordinator should notify you and...old, reach out to your service coordinator directly....out to your service coordinator directly. The 90-day...
Education > Higher Education
College Disability Resource Centers: How to Register and What Services to Expect
...assume disability services work like high school:...looks like, what services you can expect, and...dedicated to disability services. The name varies:...of Accessibility Services, Student Accessibility...and Section 504, coordinates those accommodations...provides additional services like assistive technology,...extra fees for these services. The DRC is funded...