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Tag Archives: education
Looking at the Workforce Recruitment Program
What is the Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)? WRP is managed by the US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the US Department of Defense’s Office of Diversity Management & Equal Opportunity (ODMEO), as well as other … Continue reading
Posted in Organization
Tagged accessibility, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Labor, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, interviews, Office of Disability Employment Police (ODEP), Office of Diversity & Equal Opportunities (DOMEO), people with disabilities, students with disabilities, Workforce Recruitment Program
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Web Session on Athletic Opportunities for Students with Disabilities
The Great Plains ADA Center, in collaboration with the Inclusive Fitness Coalition, will hold an ADA Audio Conference Series session in response to The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights guidance measure that addressed the rights of children with … Continue reading
Posted in Event, webcasts, webinar
Tagged adapted programs, athletics, audio conference, children, curriculum design, Department of Education, education, elementary school, great plains ada center, high school, inclusive fitness coalition, primary school, school athletics, students with disabilities
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Scholarship Opportunity for Families with Living Disabilities
Bonnie Brown is a single mother with an intellectual disability. Myra is her 15-year-old daughter, a gifted-and-talented student who aspires to attend the University of Cambridge when she graduates. Both were featured on StoryCorps to talk about their lives and … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Continuing Education, Event, Grant/scholarship opportunity, Organization
Tagged ADA, ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, advocacy, Americans with Disabilities Act, bonnie, brown, civil, civil rights, discrimination, education, familias, families, families with disabilities, myra, NARIC, National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families, National Council on Disabilities, National Council on Disability, owusu, parents with disabilities, rights, rocking the cradle, scholarship, Story Corp, storycorps, teddowusu, teddy, through the looking glass, U.S. Department of Education
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What are learning disabilities?
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) define learning disabilities (LD) as “conditions that affect how a person learns to read, write, speak, and calculate numbers. They are caused by differences in brain structure … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged children, Disabilities, disability, education, families, Learning Disabilities, NIDRR
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Second Impact Syndrome
Amid the recent growing concern over concussions in youth, collegiate, and professional contact sports is a lesser known yet serious head injury: second impact syndrome or SIS occurs when an athlete suffers a blow to the head too soon after … Continue reading
Posted in Report, Uncategorized
Tagged athletes, athletics, brain, brain injury, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, concussion, cuncussions, education, head injury, injury, MLB, NBA, nfl, NHL, owusu, prevention, second impact syndrome, sis, sports, teddowusu, teddy, treatment
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Three calls for innovative solutions for the inclusion of people with disabilities.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is presenting three calls for innovative solutions with the objective to promote the labor and financial inclusion of people with disabilities. These calls for solutions are being launched by the Innovation Lab, which is part … Continue reading
Posted in Grant/scholarship opportunity
Tagged design, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, Grants, inclusion, minorities, people with disabilities, research
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The US Senate is voting today on the UN Disability Treaty
In July of this year, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Today, the Senate is finally scheduled to vote on CRPD. Through the adoption of the Convention, the … Continue reading
Posted in Legislation
Tagged accessibility, community inclusion, CRPD, Disabilities, disability, disability rights, education, families, health, independent living, legislation, mobility, people with disabilities, public transportation, recreation, United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Información y recursos bilingües en la celebración del Día Nacional de Servicios de Información y Recursos
La Alianza de Sistemas de Información y Referencia (AIRS por sus siglas en inglés) apoya la designación del 16 de noviembre como Día Nacional de Servicios de Información y Referencia. Para ayudar a celebrar, vamos a compartir información y recursos … Continue reading
