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Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Orientation and Mobility Training: The Foundation of Independence for Visually Impaired Children
...body exists in a room and continues through adulthood with independent public transportation use. Infants and toddlers work on body image (where are...your feet), spatial concepts (in, on, under, next to), and environmental awareness (the door makes a sound when it opens, the floor changes texture near the...
Parenting > School Years
What to Say When Strangers Stare at Your Child in Public
Practical scripts, awareness card strategies, and mindset shifts to help parents navigate intrusive stares and comments with confidence.
Social Engagement > Discrimination
Fostering a Sense of Belonging for People with Disabilities in Society
...social inclusion for people with disabilities: Improve accessibility in public spaces, transportation, housing, and other areas Provide accommodations...inclusive recreational, social, and volunteer opportunities Promote disability awareness and combat stereotypes through education Involve people with disabilities...
Education > K-12
Book Review: Clever Carter
Being proactive about autism awareness is really the key for educating the public. When Sara Park's son was diagnosed...Being proactive about autism awareness is really the key for educating the public. When Sara Park's son was diagnosed with autism, at first she didn't tell...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Jesse Saperstein: A Role Model for Change
...other children with forms of autism. Jesse's journey towards increasing public awareness about Asperger's has been a long and tough one. Jesse feels like...children with forms of autism. Jesse's journey towards increasing public awareness about Asperger's has been a long and tough one. Jesse feels like he and...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Agency Spotlight: Dyslexia Awareness and Resource Center (DARC)
...among our heroes. Attending countless IEP's and public meetings, and frequently consulted (and in some...frequently consulted (and in some cases reviled) by public officials, and the author of numerous position...its eighteenth year of operation, the Dyslexia Awareness and Resource Center (DARC) in Santa Barbara, CA,...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Agency Spotlight: Special Needs Network–Reaching Out to Families Dealing With Autism
...serve through education, advocacy and public policy…and they need your help. Special...Network’s larger mission is to raise public awareness of developmental disabilities...larger mission is to raise public awareness of developmental disabilities and...developmental disabilities and to impact public policy, while providing education...
News > Advocacy
Kate Winslet, a Hat, and Autism Awareness
...Winslet helped to organize the Golden Hat Foundation, which raises money and awareness for autism. The name of the foundation refers to a poem Keli once wrote...communicate. She then was struck by the thought of having all these people in the public eye take pictures of themselves wearing a hat she had. Winslet recalls...
Social Engagement > Discrimination
The “Othering” of Autism
...documentary "Bully" was an advertisement for "autism awareness." I was excited because finally, awareness campaigns..."autism awareness." I was excited because finally, awareness campaigns are being placed in front of the general...campaigns are being placed in front of the general public. The narrator of this video spoke about the man...
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
A Parent's Guide to Supporting Your Teen with Special Needs in Their First Relationships
...mistake most parents make is waiting until their teen shows interest in dating. By then, you're behind. Body autonomy, appropriate touch, private versus public behavior: these concepts take longer to internalize for kids with developmental disabilities, and they need repetition across contexts before they...
Global Insights > Education
What U.S. Parents Can Learn from How Other Countries Educate Students with Disabilities
...Nordic countries embedded accessibility at the urban planning level decades before school placement became the negotiation point. Wheelchair-accessible public transit, universally designed playgrounds, buildings constructed with ramps rather than retrofitted: when physical access is infrastructure, educational...
Education > K-12
FAPE and LRE Explained: A Parent's Guide to Your Child's Rights Under IDEA
...and what schools are required to provide. FAPE stands for Free Appropriate Public Education. LRE means Least Restrictive Environment. Both are mandated by...maximum extent appropriate for them. The key word in FAPE is not "free" or "public." It's "appropriate." And the crucial question in LRE is not whether inclusion...