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Article
Other

Gartner: 10 Ways Technology Will Change What It Means to Be Human

For Students 9th - 10th
An article from Campus Technology magazine that discusses how technology is changing the human condition and many of these changes are driven by the wants, needs, and interests of people. For example, artificial emotional intelligence...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Collection: Becoming Helen Keller

For Students 9th - 10th
Rediscover the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate and human rights pioneer. Helen Keller (1880-1968), who was deaf and blind since childhood, used her celebrity and wit to advocate for social justice, particularly for women,...
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Article
Other

Gov Loop: Tips and Resources: Creating Accessible Digital Communication

For Students 9th - 10th
With the massive shift to virtual work and education, it has become crucial that we strive to make all the content we put online accessible, particularly to people with disabilities who often experience barriers to accessing content....
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Healing Paws

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a girl who volunteers to train dogs to help people with disabilities. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Website
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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Website
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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Website
Other

Us Department of Justice: Faces of the Ada

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has individual stories and pictures of people personally affected by the implementation of the ADA of 1990. Good introduction to the law and what it was designed to accomplish.
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Website
Other

Nonverbal Learning Disorder

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Comprehensive resource for information about this often undiagnosed disorder. It includes research, assessment tips as well as strategies that may benefit people with a Nonverbal Learning Disorder.
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Website
Other

Nonverbal Learning Disorder

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Comprehensive resource for information about this often undiagnosed disorder. It includes research, assessment tips as well as strategies that may benefit people with a Nonverbal Learning Disorder.
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Website
Other

The National Organization for Rare Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
This organization specializes in providing assistance for those with rare diseases. This part of the site lists rare diseases in alphabetical order. Each disease is defined and organizations that specialize in the disease are listed.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Nordic Sagas: Isaac and Friends

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate technological innovations that help people with disabilities to communicate, and list design features you would want to include in a personal digital assistant.
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Website
Other

The Alliance for Technology Access: Homepage

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is a network of community-based resource centers, developers and vendors, affiliates, and associates dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with...
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Professional Doc
Other

American Foundation for the Blind: Assistive Technology Products

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this section, you will find a comprehensive listing of assistive technology products used by people who are blind or visually impaired organized by category.
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Website
Other

Dreamms for Kids: Assistive Technology Solutions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Site is dedicated to facilitating technology access to children with special needs. Check out the "Links," link for a wide variety of information from other sites.
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Website
Other

Dreamms for Kids: Assistive Technology Solutions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Site is dedicated to facilitating technology access to children with special needs. Check out the "Links," link for a wide variety of information from other sites.
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Handout
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Helen Keller Biography

For Students 5th - 9th
Interesting biographical information, fun facts, and famous quotes about Helen Keller, a deaf-blind American author, political activist, and lecturer.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 9: A Chance to Read

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For generations, too many people assumed that children with disabilities couldn't learn to read - so they never gave them a chance. Hosted by Molly Ringwald, "A Chance to Read" looks at the reading challenges facing kids with...
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Professional Doc
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Getting Started

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The STAR Toolkit provides practical advice and teaching activities to help educators explore online safety risks with young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Key Stages 3 and 4. Download the 'Getting...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: No Child Left Behind: Determining Assessment Accommodations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Assessment accommodations help people with learning disabilities display their skills accurately on examinations. Teachers, learn how to test the true knowledge of your students. Don't test their ability to write quickly if you want to...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Academic Rigor: At the Heart of College Access and Success

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Low-income and minority students, students with disabilities, and those who are the first in their families to go to college, are often unprepared for and discouraged from taking rigorous academic courses in high school. It is therefore...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mary Elizabeth Switzer (1900 1971)

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary Elizabeth Switzer (1900-1971) was Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and co-winner of the Lasker Award in 1960 with Paul Wilson Brand (1914-2003), a...
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Handout
Other

Blind Readers' Page

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Blind Readers' site provides links to hundreds of resources for students who are blind or vision impaired and their families. They include spoken word resources, information on assistive technologies, speech recognition, Braille...
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Handout
Other

Blind Readers' Page

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This Blind Readers' site provides links to hundreds of resources for students who are blind or vision impaired and their families. They include spoken word resources, information on assistive technologies, speech recognition, Braille...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: The Frontiers Decade: Medical Decade

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the challenges of communicating without speaking or moving by creating a communications board from plastic alphabet letters. Explore speech synthesis files for people with communication disabilities.