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The goal is safety, and getting back on the road. It can also help you make plans for other ways to travel in the future. Benefits of a Formal Driving Assessment A formal driving assessment can provide many benefits: Behind-the-wheel practice to reduce or eliminate any problems or unsafe behaviors; Flexibility exercises to keep you in good driving shape; Counseling and advice on how to meet your specific transportation needs if driving is found to be unsafe.
These include: Pedal extenders Panoramic rear and side view mirrors Seat lifts to aid in getting into and out of the car Spinner knobs for steering wheel or other hand controls Seat belt extenders Resources for Formal Assessments There may be several community resources available to help you conduct a more formal assessment of your driving.
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Black students are the largest population in the special education system, and the most underserved. Despite being over-represented in the special education system, outcomes for Black children receiving special education services lag behind those of every other group. While disability does not occur more frequently in the Black community, Black children are often over identified as having behavior problems or not being school ready thus creating a pipeline of Black students into the special education system that often does not serve them equitably.
The Black Child Fund seeks to elevate the cultural competence of special education advocates, teachers, and practitioners so that all professionals serving BIPOC students with disabilities are doing so through a culturally responsive lens. This work is important to me because I fundamentally believe that education is the most powerful lever that we have to disrupt the effects of generational poverty within communities of color. Full Stop. If you really want to disrupt the effects of generational poverty, educate young girls of color.
The willingness of people and institutions to have a reckoning with the racial injustices of our current system. I believe that the soil is fertile and now is the time to have hard conversations about racial inequalities.
People are open to hearing, taking action and wanting to be a part of the change that we want to see in our culture and in our communities.
Culturally inclusive and culturally responsive pedagogy must become ubiquitous within the special education system. My hope is that meaningful funding will follow all the goodwill and good intentions.
Small ideas that are working well in pockets still need a larger platform. We need resources so that we can scale them to benefit all children. How has the pandemic shaped the experience for children with disabilities and their education? What has changed for them, and what issues are most pressing as we continue through the pandemic? Learning loss for all students is real.
Access to services has been the prevailing challenge through the pandemic and this problem persists even though students are back to in-person learning. The number one problem that we saw as a result of the pandemic was that million K students received no formal education at all starting in March of through the fall of this year when we went back to in-person schooling. It has been nightmarishly hard for everyone to manage education through COVID, and special education populations have felt this more acutely then just about any other unique group.
When general education gets a cold, special education gets pneumonia. And I would suggest that special education in poor and rural communities is where the pandemic has done its biggest damage. It has been nightmarishly hard for educational growth and attainment. The learning deficits are tremendous.
We are seeing catastrophic numbers in educational outcomes in the special education population during the pandemic because students have been fundamentally disconnected from education and services that are provided through the local education authority. So, not only am I not getting formal education, but I am also not getting my speech therapy, I am not getting my behavioral therapy, I am not getting all the educational services that my IEP suggests that I need.
Educators and administrators are working hard to try to figure out how to solve these problems for our children, and there are not a lot of easy solutions and pathways to success, and access to opportunities when you layer on issues of poverty,. What message do you have for parents? Find your tribe. Our services are either free or pretty cost neutral even if you are uninsured or use Medicaid.
These services are available to everyone. Also, consider a special education advocate. You can reach out to Easterseals to find a Special Education Advocate in your community. Special Education Advocates are a fountain of knowledge and a wealth of resources, and they connect you to other resources in your community. If you do not have a Special Education Advocate, get one!
I also encourage parents to reach out to Easterseals or other organizations to find an affinity group for yourself so that you can learn to become the strongest, most effective advocate for your child possible. In doing so, you will also teach your child to become a strong and effective self-advocate.
Also, always remember that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. You are their partner, and no one knows your child better than you. You need to work with your education partners to make sure that your child is getting everything they need at school, and that you are doing everything at home to make sure that there is a consistent focus on education both at home and at school.
Your child should not feel that there is one set of expectations at home and another set of expectations at school. You want to have relationships with your educators and school administrators. Learn to be an advocate for your child, and this will teach your child to be a self-advocate.
I encourage more people to reach out to Easterseals. We are here to help. We want to bring more people into this tent. Right now, there is a big tent and there are not enough of us in it. The best way to make progress is to bring in more people and more resources into the tent. Tonight, Thursday, November 18, , I will be one of four women with disabilities on an hour-long ….
Tonight, Thursday, November 18, , I will be one of four women with disabilities on an hour-long free Zoom panel sponsored by the Skokie Public Library:. What does self-advocacy look like when navigating the world with a disability?
Panelists will share lessons learned and provide tips on fighting for more fair and just treatment in the workplace and beyond. The four of us will each be given 10 minutes to tell a few personal stories of advocating for ourselves, leaving time afterwards for discussion and questions.
My plan is to talk fast and describe three experiences, one a success, another a collaboration, and the third a failure:. The hour-long panel is free, it will be hosted on Zoom on Thursday, November 18 at 7pm CST, and you can register for it here. You can attend free of charge even if you are not a member of the Skokie Public Library. Call the library at
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