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Career > Skills Training
Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
...attended transition meetings where the team discusses post-graduation goals. What you might not realize is...helps students identify interests, strengths, and career pathways that match their skills. This isn't a...pathways that match their skills. This isn't a one-time career assessment. It's ongoing counseling that evolves...
Career > Interviewing
Post-Interview Follow-Up and Accommodation Requests After Job Offer
The window between a conditional job offer and your start date is when you have the most leverage to request accommodations.
Career > Advancement
Skills Transferability: Reframing Disability Experience as Professional Assets
...with institutions. You've anticipated failure points and built contingencies. These are the exact capabilities organizations claim to want when they post jobs requiring "strategic thinking," "cross-functional collaboration," and "change management." The gap isn't your skills. It's the translation. Why...
Career > Accommodations
Job Sharing and Reduced Hours as Accommodations
...insurmountable. Common scenarios where this applies: Chronic fatigue syndrome or post-exertional malaise that makes 40-hour weeks medically unsustainable Chronic...conditions where full-time work accelerates decline or prevents necessary medical care Autoimmune disorders with unpredictable flares that don't fit neatly into...
Education > K-12
Transition Planning Through K-12: Preparing Your Child for School Changes
...advocate for, those supports slip away before the ink dries. This is the version of transition planning nobody tells you about early enough. Not the formal post-secondary kind that kicks in at age 16 under IDEA, but the school-to-school kind that starts in 5th grade, and again in 8th, and requires the same advocacy...
Global Insights > Employment
When (and How) to Tell an Employer About Your Disability: A Decision Guide
...hiring process unless you need an accommodation during the interview itself. Post-hire, disclosure is only required if you're requesting a reasonable accommodation...circumstances, such as checking whether you need interview accommodations. Post-hire, they can only ask if...
Global Insights > Culture
Person-First or Identity-First? What Parents Should Know About Language in the Disability Community
...person with Down syndrome. A student with a learning disability. The logic is clear: the person comes first, the disability second. Then you read a blog post by an autistic adult who says "Don't call me a person with autism. I'm autistic." You see Deaf community members capitalize the D and talk about Deaf...
Education > Special Education
Aging Out of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to Transition Services and 18-22 Programs
...16 (or earlier), the IEP must include measurable post-secondary goals in these areas: Post-secondary...measurable Post-secondary goals in these areas: Post-secondary education or training: what comes after...appropriate, goals related to daily living, self-care, and community participation Each goal must be...
Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
...parent or educator exploring post-secondary options for a student...build independent living skills, career readiness, and social integration...combines academic coursework, career training, and independent...traditional students, participating in career-focused classes, or completing...building practical knowledge. Career training often takes the form...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
...Federal law requires IEPs to include transition planning starting at age 14 or ninth grade, whichever comes first. That transition planning must address post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy is a measurable, observable skill that belongs in the plan. A self-advocacy goal for freshman year might read: "By the...
Research > Clinical Trials
How to Find and Evaluate Clinical Trials for Your Child's Disability
...trying to figure out where to start. ClinicalTrials.gov is the central registry. Every trial in the U.S. that receives federal funding is required to post there. It's comprehensive, which also makes it overwhelming. The search interface assumes you already know what phase means, what eligibility criteria...
Parenting > Support Groups
How to Find Online Support Groups That Actually Help
...moderation is performative. Admins who redirect off-topic posts rather than deleting them silently. Transparency matters. A mod who explains why a post was removed builds trust; one who just nukes content creates resentment. Drama threads that get locked with an explanation. Conflict happens. Good...