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Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Employment and Asperger Syndrome: Workplace Rights, Accommodations, and Strategies for Success
...The environment is. Adults with Asperger syndrome face a workplace...sensory tolerances. The Americans with Disabilities Act gives you...tolerances. The Americans with Disabilities Act gives you legal rights...ADA. The ADA protects adults with autism spectrum disorder, including...workplace accommodations for adults with Asperger syndrome include:...
News > Advocacy
The Federal Agency That Funds Independence for People with Disabilities Is Being Eliminated. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...for people with disabilities....people with disabilities. Today, HHS...families with disabilities...families with disabilities depend on...and people with disabilities...people with disabilities each year....for people with disabilities....people with disabilities. National...and people with disabilities....people with disabilities. National...technology, employment outcomes,...
News > Advocacy
After High School: What Families Need to Know About Transition Planning
...required by law. But schools don't always lead with this information, and parents often don't know...include measurable postsecondary goals in education, employment, and independent living. That means the school...next: college, vocational training, supported employment, community living. This planning should answer...
Legal > Advocacy
Supported Decision-Making: An Alternative to Guardianship
...opportunities. Discussing where and with whom they want to live. What...is a process where adults with disabilities choose trusted...process where adults with disabilities choose trusted people to help...their decisions. The person with a disability retains all legal...healthcare, finances, housing, employment, education. They choose supporters...
Assistive Tech > Software
Screen Reader Software for Students: JAWS vs NVDA vs VoiceOver Compared
...as the commercial one that costs over $1,000? The short answer is yes, with context that matters quite a bit. NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver are the three...accommodations, and whether you're planning for elementary learning or eventual employment. Many blind students end up fluent in more than one screen reader, which...
Special Needs > Spina Bifida
Teaching Bowel and Bladder Independence in Spina Bifida: A Guide for Parents
...aren't just medical tasks. They're the foundation for social participation, employment, and adult relationships. A teenager who can manage their own catheterization...The ones who wait until high school are often teaching under pressure, with a teenager who's resistant, embarrassed, or hasn't built the motor skills...
Global Insights > Employment
Why More People with Disabilities Are Becoming Their Own Boss and How to Start
The employment gap between...people with and without...without disabilities hasn't...2024, the employment-population...people with disabilities...with disabilities compared...people with disabilities...with disabilities are self-employed...traditional employment paths...self-employment but don't...self-employment is growing,...Self-Employment Is Growing...People with Disabilities....with Disabilities. The...incompatible with staying...come with...
Global Insights > Employment
When (and How) to Tell an Employer About Your Disability: A Decision Guide
...framework governs your employment. Here's how to make that...essential functions, with or without accommodation....job-related and consistent with business necessity. That's...framework under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Other countries...provides similar pre-employment protections: employers...
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Braille and Technology: Why Your Child with Visual Impairment Needs Both
...who learn both have measurably better outcomes in employment, independence, and literacy than those who rely...digital text to speech. They're fast, they work with nearly every platform, and they give children with...with nearly every platform, and they give children with visual impairments access to the same content as...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Beyond the IEP: Legal Rights Parents of Children with Disabilities Should Know
...children with disabilities...children with disabilities often become...Individuals with Disabilities...Individuals with Disabilities Education...Americans with Disabilities...Americans with Disabilities Act extends...protections into employment, housing,...environment, with extensive...I covers employment. Title II...are filed with federal agencies:...EEOC for employment, HUD for...services. Employment Protections...
Financial > Scholarships
How Vocational Rehabilitation Can Pay for Your College or Trade School
...for students with disabilities...students with disabilities when that education...connects to an employment outcome. VR...outcome. VR is an employment support system,...help people with disabilities...people with disabilities prepare for,...find, and keep employment. Every state...counselors work with you to develop...Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE). That...outlines your employment goal and the...
Financial > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Access Services While You Wait (and How to Jump the Line)
...personal care, respite, supported employment, adult day services: the supports...services that allow people with disabilities to live at home...services that allow people with disabilities to live at home or in the...state designs its own waivers with different eligibility rules,...family caregivers Supported employment and job coaching Adult day...