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Below are helpful resources educators can use to facilitate important conversations around disability issues and to continue to develop their own skillset in building inclusive classrooms and promoting a safe environment for all students.
Below are helpful resources educators can use to facilitate important conversations around disability issues and to continue to develop their own skillset in building inclusive classrooms and promoting a safe environment for all students.
Description: This article aims to promote equal access for people with physical disabilities to services, transportation, buildings, stores, and services. The article asserts that "An ableist society is said to be one that treats non-disabled individuals as the standard of ‘normal living’, which results in public and private places and services, education, and social work that are built to serve 'standard' people, thereby inherently excluding those with various disabilities."
Description: This article aims to promote equal access for people with physical disabilities to services, transportation, buildings, stores, and services. The article asserts that "An ableist society is said to be one that treats non-disabled individuals as the standard of ‘normal living’, which results in public and private places and services, education, and social work that are built to serve 'standard' people, thereby inherently excluding those with various disabilities."
Description: Naty Rico shares her story of struggles over the past 3 years at UCIrvine and the hopes she has for the future.
Description: Naty Rico shares her story of struggles over the past 3 years at UCIrvine and the hopes she has for the future.
Naty Rico is a third year Sociology and Education double major. She was born and raised in South Los Angeles, to parents who immigrated here from Mexico. As a first generation, Latina woman with a physical disability, Naty managed to get accepted and enroll into UCI in 2012, with the help of her community back home.
Naty Rico is a third year Sociology and Education double major. She was born and raised in South Los Angeles, to parents who immigrated here from Mexico. As a first generation, Latina woman with a physical disability, Naty managed to get accepted and enroll into UCI in 2012, with the help of her community back home.
While her three years at UCI have not been easy, Naty has managed to overcome structural barriers and has become an advocate for the differently able community. After she graduates and receives her Bachelors from UCI, Naty hopes to enroll into grad school and continue doing work focused on the differently able community. She plans on obtaining a Ph.D in Sociology or Education, with an emphasis in Disability Studies, and giving back to the community that helped her get to where she is, and is supportive of where she's headed.
While her three years at UCI have not been easy, Naty has managed to overcome structural barriers and has become an advocate for the differently able community. After she graduates and receives her Bachelors from UCI, Naty hopes to enroll into grad school and continue doing work focused on the differently able community. She plans on obtaining a Ph.D in Sociology or Education, with an emphasis in Disability Studies, and giving back to the community that helped her get to where she is, and is supportive of where she's headed.
Stella Young is a comedian and journalist who happens to go about her day in a wheelchair — a fact that doesn't, she'd like to make clear, automatically turn her into a noble inspiration to all humanity. In this very funny talk, Young breaks down society's habit of turning disabled people into "inspiration porn."
Stella Young is a comedian and journalist who happens to go about her day in a wheelchair — a fact that doesn't, she'd like to make clear, automatically turn her into a noble inspiration to all humanity. In this very funny talk, Young breaks down society's habit of turning disabled people into "inspiration porn."
Assertion: If you live in Massachusetts and are a person with a disability, learning about state-specific resources to support people with disabilities can help you advocate for yourself. If you are a friend, family member, or caregiver of a person with disabilities in Massachusetts, these resources can help you in supporting your loved one.
Assertion: If you live in Massachusetts and are a person with a disability, learning about state-specific resources to support people with disabilities can help you advocate for yourself. If you are a friend, family member, or caregiver of a person with disabilities in Massachusetts, these resources can help you in supporting your loved one.
Learn about how an educator created a space where DeafBlind students could be themselves and teach the larger school community about DeafBlindness.
Learn about how an educator created a space where DeafBlind students could be themselves and teach the larger school community about DeafBlindness.
Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans
The following are a representative sampling of approaches that teachers may utilize to help students talk about disability.
The following are a representative sampling of approaches that teachers may utilize to help students talk about disability.
Elementary School Lesson Plans
Elementary School Lesson Plans
Secondary School Lesson Plans
Secondary School Lesson Plans
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