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Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: Barefoot World Atlas
...can select specific countries and read fun facts about each area. Additionally, as you move from region to region, the music changes to highlight traditional music of that area. Nick Crane, a BBC presenter and geographer, narrates Barefoot World Atlas, and the app also features extensive written text....
Career > Interviewing
Cultural Fit Questions and Neurodivergence: Addressing Social Communication Concerns
...a teammate." These questions are cultural fit probes, and for neurodivergent...what most interviewers are testing. Cultural fit questions assess collaboration...your strengths without masking. What Cultural Fit Measures. Cultural fit isn't code...masking. What Cultural Fit Measures. Cultural fit isn't code for "can you make small...
Medical > Gastroenterology
When Picky Eating Signals a Medical Problem: Distinguishing ARFID and GI Disorders in Special Needs Children
...nutritional deficiency, dependence on oral supplements or tube feeding, or marked interference with social functioning. It's not explained by lack of food, cultural practice, or another medical condition that would account for the restriction. And it's not driven by body image concerns, which distinguishes it...
Parenting > Adulthood
Getting Out of Our Own Way — Making Independence possible for my child with special needs
...bed, change their sheets, help with the grocery shopping or even help dad in the back and front yard. BUT they never execute. I understand that cultural beliefs and values, the lack of time, wanting to avoid confrontation and/ or accepting imperfection may get in the way of parents ever starting, but...
Education > Accommodations
The Benefits of an Inclusive Classroom
...instructional intelligence, and neurodevelopment. Our faculty study gender and sexuality differences, the use of technology in classrooms, how to bridge cultural differences, and how to equip future teachers for the inclusive classroom. We collaborate with the Teaching, Learning, Counseling Consortium on campus...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
When is it ADD/HD?
...In my first book, I spoke of how ADD should have been called C.I.S. (Cultural Inconvenience Syndrome) because it seemed our rush to medicate had to do...Inconvenience Syndrome) because it seemed our rush to medicate had to do with the cultural inconvenience of it as much as anything else. But in this day and age,...
Career > Skills Training
STEM-H Career Pathways for People with Disabilities
...because accessibility improvements come from people who've navigated inaccessible systems. This doesn't mean every program is inclusive. It means the cultural groundwork exists in ways it doesn't in other industries, and the best programs have already built accessibility into their training models. Four...