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Social Engagement > Discrimination
Fostering a Sense of Belonging for People with Disabilities in Society
...opportunity to contribute their unique perspectives, skills, and talents. Inclusion promotes a sense of belonging...education Involve people with disabilities in decision-making and leadership roles ...education Involve people with disabilities in decision-making and leadership roles ...
Career > Interviewing
Job Interview Skills: A Vital Key for Special Needs Success
...develop robust job interview skills - a fundamental key to achieving...imbue confidence in their decision, assuring them that you are...control and preparedness, making the interview scenario less...Honing in on communication skills suitable for your ability can...ensures your abilities and skills are perceived accurately...
Social Engagement > Inclusion
Ten Tips for Playdate Inclusion Among Kids of All Abilities
...to practice critical social skills on which future relationships...confidence; improving social decision making; and practicing skills...improving social decision making; and practicing skills in an...decision making; and practicing skills in an adult supervised yet...encourage the building of critical skills and friendships. The most important...
Legal > Advocacy
Creating a Legal Plan for Your Child's Future
...created a solid foundation of ethics, morals, and decision-making skills for our children to take with them...solid foundation of ethics, morals, and decision-making skills for our children to take with them out into...foundation of ethics, morals, and decision-making skills for our children to take with them out into the...
News > Advocacy
Self-Advocacy for Adults with Disabilities: How to Speak Up in Medical Work and Daily Life
Self-advocacy is the skill of communicating your needs, making...skill of communicating your needs, making decisions about your life, and asserting...of communicating your needs, making decisions about your life, and asserting your...have them. Here's how to build those skills in the situations where they matter...
Legal > Advocacy
Preparing Your Teen to Lead Their Own IEP Meeting
...about teaching them to speak up in a system that will spend the next decade making decisions about their education, employment, and services. The first time...teaching them to speak up in a system that will spend the next decade making decisions about their education, employment, and services. The first time your teen...
Global Insights > Employment
When (and How) to Tell an Employer About Your Disability: A Decision Guide
...and what happens next. Disclosure is a strategic decision. It can unlock accommodations that make your job...cannot ask whether you have a disability before making a job offer. They can ask whether you can perform...employers can't ask about health or disability before making an offer except in narrow circumstances, such as...
News > Sports
Jake Adicoff Won Four Golds at the 2026 Winter Paralympics. He Came to Milan Having Never Won an Individual One.
...fractions of seconds, the athlete-guide partnership runs closer to real-time decision-making than to simple navigation. At the 2026 Games, Adicoff competed with...seconds, the athlete-guide partnership runs closer to real-time decision-making than to simple navigation. At the 2026 Games, Adicoff competed with two...
Therapies > Other
Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Special Needs Children: What the Research Says
...challenges, and other developmental differences. It's not promotional. It's a decision-making framework. Understanding Evidence Levels. Not all research carries...other developmental differences. It's not promotional. It's a decision-making framework. Understanding Evidence Levels. Not all research carries equal...
Social Engagement > Discrimination
Understanding Disability Discrimination: Your Rights and How to Take Action
...treatment compared to non-disabled patients, provider bias that affects medical decision-making,...compared to non-disabled patients, provider bias that affects medical decision-making,...
Research > Funding
Where Research Dollars Go: Understanding Funding Gaps Across Disability Conditions
...institute has its own budget, priorities, and decision-making process. Autism research receives approximately...institute has its own budget, priorities, and decision-making process. Autism research receives approximately...represents the entire knowledge base informing their decisions. If you think of research funding as a household...
Parenting > Adulthood
Supported Decision-Making vs. Guardianship: What Every Parent Should Know Before Their Child Turns 18
...Supported decision-making doesn't....decision-making doesn't. It...framework for making decisions...for making decisions together,...their own decisions. The court...authority to make decisions on their behalf....behalf. Those decisions can include...removes all decision-making rights....decision-making rights. Limited...can't make decisions, and assigns...assigns those decisions to someone...