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Therapies > Animal
Therapeutic Riding vs. Hippotherapy: What's the Difference?
...horse, and the horse's movement is the treatment itself. Your child isn't learning to ride. The therapist is using the horse the way they might use a therapy...riding with growing independence. The lessons are adapted to your child's disability, but the goal is riding itself, along with the confidence, friendships,...
Education > Early Intervention
Natural Learning Environments in Early Intervention: Why Your Child's Therapy Happens at Home
...Federal regulation at 34 CFR 303.26 describes natural environments as settings that are natural or typical for a same-aged infant or toddler without a disability, which includes the home and community settings. The requirement carries a paper trail. If any of your child's services will happen somewhere other...
Assistive Tech > Software
The Most Accessible Apps and Software for People with Disabilities
...same place: an app store search bar, typing "disability app" and getting back a wall of icons with no...ones were built by people who understand the disability in question. Some of these tools were designed...every iPhone and Mac at no added cost, is worth learning in...
News > Advocacy
Federal Data That Tracks How Schools Serve Students With Disabilities Is Six Months Overdue. Here's What Parents Should Know.
...child is flagged as different. Lindsay Kubatzky of the National Center for Learning Disabilities pointed to a second, related move: the administration has...flagged as different. Lindsay Kubatzky of the National Center for Learning Disabilities pointed to a second, related move: the administration has...
Career > Skills Training
Interview and Job Search Skills Workshops for People with Disabilities
...complicated when you have a disability. When to disclose. How...What Makes a Workshop Disability-Specific. A general...interview techniques. A disability-specific workshop covers...that job seekers with disabilities face additional...recruiter ghosts you after learning about your disability....learning about your disability. They don't treat these...
Career > Interviewing
Receiving Questions in Advance: Requesting Interview Accommodations for Processing Delays
...The ADA protects applicants with disabilities that substantially limit major...processing disorder, language-based learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury,...disorder, language-based learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury, and...supposed to discriminate based on disability, but bias exists before people have...
Career > Finding Jobs
Supported Employment Services: Job Coaching and Placement Assistance
...accommodates what you need, while managing a disability: that's where most employment systems...employment programs place individuals with disabilities in jobs that pay at least minimum...settings where most coworkers don't have disabilities. The federal definition requires...on-site training and support during the learning phase Ongoing support includes long-term...
Career > Discrimination
Association Discrimination: When Your Employer Discriminates Because of Your Disabled Child or Spouse
...the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA...protect people with disabilities. It protects...someone who has a disability. If your employer...you don't have a disability yourself), that's...a person with a disability. The law applies...Terminates you after learning your partner uses...family member's disability The discrimination...
Education > Special Education
The 13 Disability Categories Under IDEA: Eligibility Criteria Explained
...the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)...identified within one of 13 disability categories AND their...establishes 13 categories of disability that can qualify a child...also determine that the disability creates an educational...ADHD interferes with learning or classroom functioning...difference matters. The 13 Disability Categories. IDEA defines...
Education > Online Learning
Online Learning Platforms for Students with Disabilities: A Complete Comparison
...comprehensive. IXL promises adaptive learning. Boom Cards says it's built for special...platform matches your child's specific disability, what it costs, and how to evaluate...weeks. Khan Academy: Free Self-Paced Learning. Cost: Free, no premium tier Best...replay lessons without time pressure Disability match: Moderate to strong for dyscalculia...
Education > K-12
Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12
...alongside a documented disability. That disability...disability. That disability might be a learning...disability might be a learning disability like dyslexia...might be a learning disability like dyslexia or...autism, a physical disability, or a processing...compensates for the disability until it doesn't....reading despite never learning to decode fluently....
Education > Higher Education
Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills for College: A Transition Checklist
...accommodation on their own, never having explained their disability to a professor, and never having navigated the...procedural knowledge: how to register with the Disability Resource Center, how to request accommodations...accommodations each semester, how to explain your learning profile to a professor, and how to access tutoring...