Attention, Disabilities and Universal Design

Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Like many, this teacher felt intense pressure to teach the standards and wasn’t sure how to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. The class may include students with a hearing impairment, auditory processing disorder, or attention deficit disorder. This is not unusual.

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Here’s how schools can better support neurodiverse students

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

Today, a staggering nearly one in 10 children have a developmental disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Five ways that schools, educators, and communities can support neurodiverse students in the classroom: 1.

Disabilities

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Sensory spaces may help support all students

eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As 2023 winds down, it is important to note this trend and its origins from use primarily in special education to the current, continuing shift towards universal design and inclusion. Research has shown that physical activity helps support focus, attention, and emotional regulation. What is a sensory space?

Students

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Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline?

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2024

Like Jacob, many students with disabilities are forced to work extra, advocates argue. It updated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the law that requires state and local governments to supply equal opportunity — including in services like public schools, community colleges and public universities — for people with disabilities.

Accessibility

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Summarized transcription versus real-time captioning: What’s best?

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Despite being more expensive due to the intensive training of stenographers and voice writers, real-time captioning is often necessary as an accommodation for students who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing, ensuring an equal experience as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Disabilities

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

Disabilities

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

Disabilities

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Can Teachers Read Books Out Loud Online? Actually, Yes.

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2020

The first image many people have of school is a circle of small children, sitting cross-legged, paying attention (or not) to an adult reading a book aloud and showing pictures to the class. Reading aloud, through digital tools and in person, is consistent with a vision of educational universal design. to 2:30 p.m.

Reading

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With Innovation and Empathy, Remote Learning Becomes Accessible for All Students

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being. Attention feels more frayed and fragile during live video lessons for all of us. You can read part one here. Let’s be frank.

Accessibility

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Our Nation’s Public Schools are Failing Neurodivergent Learners. That Needs to Change.

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

What if instead of having to compete with peers for the sun’s attention, it had room to grow in its own way, at its own pace? Although she was performing at grade level academically, she experienced increasing challenges with her attention, organization, peer interactions and behaviors at school. Department of Education.

Special Education

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How I Navigate the Classroom as a Neurodivergent Teacher

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

I believe my disabilities are not a burden to my teaching practice because I know the importance of scaffolds, accommodations and universal design learning. We know what its like not to register anything the teacher said and to be met with raised eyebrowsas if we are poor students who dont pay attention.

Teachers

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Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 1

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

However, these old-fashioned assessment techniques often create new barriers to learning, especially for disabled students, English language learners, neurodiverse students, and any other students that rely on technology to aid their thinking, communication, and learning. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2.

Academic Integrity

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Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 1

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

However, these old-fashioned assessment techniques often create new barriers to learning, especially for disabled students, English language learners, neurodiverse students, and any other students that rely on technology to aid their thinking, communication, and learning. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2.

Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus

As World Autism Day nears, here’s how to support neurodiverse students

eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2025

Today, nearly one in 10 children have a developmental disability, according to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Common misconceptions and a lack of awareness about autism and other learning disabilities can significantly hinder children in the classroom.

Disabilities

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Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

Here’s how schools can better support neurodiverse students

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Sensory spaces may help support all students

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Summarized transcription versus real-time captioning: What’s best?

Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Can Teachers Read Books Out Loud Online? Actually, Yes.

With Innovation and Empathy, Remote Learning Becomes Accessible for All Students

Our Nation’s Public Schools are Failing Neurodivergent Learners. That Needs to Change.

How I Navigate the Classroom as a Neurodivergent Teacher

Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 1

Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 1

As World Autism Day nears, here’s how to support neurodiverse students

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