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PEPNet’s College Guide
Today there are many college options for deaf and hard of hearing
students and finding the right college is a complex process. Issues
such as location, major area of study and available access services
for students who are deaf or hard of hearing are important. PEPNet’s
new online College Guide will provide information to help students
with these decisions. The guide represents postsecondary
institutions who chose to participate in the survey and have known
programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students. Some
institutions do not necessarily have a program specifically for deaf
and hard of hearing students, but all schools included have provided
support/accessibility services for deaf and hard of hearing
students.
http://www.pepnet.org/rescolguide.asp
Younger Experts Talk about Self-Determination
The VA Department of Education, Special Education has put together
another great resource. These videos let you hear about
self-determination from the viewpoint of students and their
teachers.
https://php.radford.edu/~imdetermined/index.ph
Red Book – A Guide to Work
Incentives
The Red Book serves as a general reference source about the
employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability
Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income Programs for
educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals, and counselors
serving people with disabilities.
http://www.ssa.gov/redbook/
New Resource on Disability Disclosure
This curriculum has
been adapted for youth ages 14-24 to train them to talk about their
disability in an informed manner should they choose to disclose
their disability in a work, school, and/or community setting. It is
to be used as a supplement to the original 411 on Disability
Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities (2005) developed
by The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability, Washington, DC:
Institute for Educational Leadership. Over 100 youth leaders
with disabilities ages 14-24 from all over Maine participated in the
development and revision of this curriculum.
http://choices.muskie.usm.maine.edu/new/disclosure-sessions.html
PD in Focus
Professional Development (PD) for educators provides information that is content rich,
interactive, and ongoing. Teachers are able to search for, view, and rate video
examples of research-based teaching practices related to their
professional development goals. PD Leaders can assign professional
development activities to groups and individuals and track their
progress.
http://pdinfocus.ascd.org/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fDefault.aspx
Web Accessibility for Users with
Intellectual Disabilities
"Cognitive Disabilities and the Web: Where Accessibility and
Usability Meet" is available on the web site of the National Center
on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE). The article notes
that the diversity of ability and experience of users with cognitive
disabilities has thus far thwarted attempts to develop web
accessibility guidelines for this population. To design websites
that are easier for users with cognitive disabilities to use, the
author offers suggestions based on basic usability principles. Many
of these recommendations make the web easier for everyone to use.
http://www.ncdae.org/tools/cognitive/
Learn how to
make online presentations more accessible for people with
disabilities
Access a lay friendly, web tutorial by the United
States Department of Agriculture's Target Center on ways you can
adapt web technologies to make presentations more accessible to
people with disabilities.
https://admin.na3.acrobat.com/_a774694537/p25975456/
Assistive
Technology (AT) Implementation in the Classroom
For students
with IEPs, assistive technology is often critical to accessing the
curriculum. FCTD's latest newsletter examines the role of the AT
professional in the selection and implementation of AT in the
classroom.
http://www.fctd.info/resources/newsletters/displayNewsletter.php?newsletterID=10068
Ethnic
Minorities and Assistive Technology (AT)
What barriers to
AT exist for ethnic minorities? How do culturally or ethnically
different views of AT or disability affect people's access to it?
http://www.cr4at.org/PositionPapers/Minorities.html
ODEP Fact Sheet on Disability History
Teaching children about the contributions of particular populations
to our nation's history, such as women and people of various ethnic
backgrounds, has been recognized as important through the
declaration of dedicated months as well as other educational
programs. Disability history, however, has been largely ignored in
school curricula.
http://www.dol.gov/odep
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