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Many Students Don’t Inform Their Colleges About Their Disability. That Needs to Change.

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I knew my school could provide accommodations, such as an aid to take notes for me and record my responses for exams and counseling services, but I worried that if I accepted this support, I’d be considered weak by my peers and professors. I felt judged and like I had to prove to everyone that I was still the same person.

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Addressing the root causes of chronic K-12 absenteeism

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Students who miss school also miss important social interaction with their peers, access to regular meals and special services such as speech therapy or counseling. Lower test scores only illuminate some of the problems caused by chronic absenteeism. Begin tracking chronic absence data early, no later than kindergarten.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). This is considered ‘deficit thinking,’ or thinking that defines a diagnosis by its challenges, in order to treat, fix, or minimize specific features of a student’s disability. How did we get here?

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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

eSchool News

This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. We are clearly not serving our Black students.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities. Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities. Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities.

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3 ways students with autism benefit from art, music and recreation

eSchool News

Courtney Carnes, MS, ATR-BC, holds a master’s degree in art therapy with a concentration in counseling from Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a Bachelor of Science in pre-art therapy with a minor in leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana. About the Presenters.

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