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LD Online

Ld Online: Planning Student Directed Transition

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers have reported that students who are involved in their transition planning experience success and a sense of accomplishment. This article discusses the importance of transition planning, and in involving the student with...
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Arts Work Indiana

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
ArtsWork Indiana helps encourage people with disabilities to have careers in the arts by providing education, awareness, and encouragement for the arts. ArtsWork features an artist with a disability each month. The site also has...
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Services in School for Children With Special Needs: What Parents Need to Know

For Students 9th - 10th
The services offered in schools for students with disabilities can sometimes be difficult to understand. This site tells parents what they can do and what options are afforded to them under the law. (March 2011)
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The National Council on Disability

For Students 9th - 10th
The NCD is designed to guarantee equal opportunities to those with disabilities. Information on specific services and opportunities that are provided can be found here as well.
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Simplified Technology for Children With Disabilities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides easy to follow directions to make a talking switch and a mouse house. A concise definition of augmentative communication devices is also provided.
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Simplified Technology for Children With Disabilities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides easy to follow directions to make a talking switch and a mouse house. A concise definition of augmentative communication devices is also provided.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Assistive Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Find information and resources about assistive technology that can help kids with language-based learning disabilities become stronger readers and writers. Assistive technology is any device that supports the independence of a person...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Blending Multiple Genres in Theme Baskets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The theme-basket concept of literature instruction combines several approaches known to work with marginalized readers, students with learning disabilities, and ELLs: 1) a thematic approach to teaching literature, 2) the use of...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Assistive Technology for Kids With Learning Disabilities: An Overview

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If your child has a learning disability, he or she may benefit from assistive technology tools that play to their strengths and work around their challenges.
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University of Washington

World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design

For Students 9th - 10th
A brochure from the University of Washington on accessible Web design for people with disabilities. Includes general page design, graphical features, special features, and a Web pages test.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: The Disability Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This web-based exhibit from the National Museum of American History traces the history of those with disabilities fighting for equal rights.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Able Sports

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity focuses on getting the students to think about disabilities and how they can make some aspects of life more difficult. The students are asked to pick a disability and design a new kind of sport for it.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring Disability Using Multimedia and B D a Reading Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
History takes on new dimensions in this interactive multimedia lesson that emphasizes the B-D-A (before-during-after reading) approach to research as students investigate the experiences of people with disabilities since the early 1800s.
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LD Online

Ld Online: Learning Disabilities Online: Reading Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
LD Online is an excellent resource for a variety of needs. The site has information on teaching reading skills and using technology as a resource. Many links are to specific products that you must buy however, there are other resources...
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Codi: Adaptive Computing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
At CODI you will find links to various companies and the products available to meet adaptive technology needs for a variety of people. Many of the resources are expensive but funding is available through a variety of resources.
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Special Needs Opportunity Windows

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
SNOW is an online provider for both teachers and parents of children with special needs. A wealth of resources are offered to meet a wide variety of needs.
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Lectric Law Library

When It's Time to File an Ada Complaint

For Students 9th - 10th
This site will address one very common area of unjustified workplace discrimination, an employee who has a "disability". Site contains personal testimonial.
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: Accessibility: Careers in the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
A useful collection of links to articles and advocacy groups that address barriers to career opportunities in the arts for individuals with disabilities.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Disability Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Disability Rights Movement including the Architectural Barriers Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and famous disabled people on this site.
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US Department of Education

U.s. Department of Education: My Child's Special Needs: Disabilities

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Department of Education has compiled a list of links for parents of children with special needs. Topics include organizations, guides to IEPs, parent training, and much more.
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LD Online

Ld Online: Learning Disabilities Online: Phoneme Awareness Activity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
What do you know about phoneme activities for collaborative classrooms? This site will show how to develop your own activities to sharpen your students phonemic awareness skills. This informative resource will support any teacher's work...
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LD Online

Ld Online: Teaching Expressive Writing to Ld Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Author provides a research-based instructional essay on three components that consistently led to improved outcomes: adhering to a basic framework, teaching critical steps in the writing process, and providing feedback.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Against the Odds Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Teachers can find ideas for their probability lesson plans here. For example, there is an interdisciplinary unit dealing with disabilities and probability as well as one using a field trip to Sea World.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Questions to Ask Colleges About Assistive Technology Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
It is important that students with disabilities consider accommodations that colleges provide, including assistive technology (AT) devices and services. This Info Brief highlights differences between the availability of AT in the K-12...

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