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Finishing Your Classes Online: Tips for Disabled Students

4/2/2020

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Information for Students
  • Your campus Disability Resource Center should be using the guidance from AHEAD to ensure that your online classes are accessible. If not, tell them to do that. You have a right to get accommodations in the virtual environment, even if you've never taken an online class.
  • If online classes are new for you, tell the instructor to give you some time to get used to the Learning Management System (e.g. Blackboard, Canvas, etc.). You might want to log in with your Disability Resources Coordinator so you both can see if there are access issues.
  • This advice from University of Iowa can help you determine if you're ready for online learning. Don't forget your home wifi connection - do you have enough bandwidth? Do you have a distraction-reduced environment?
  • We've found some videos on YouTube that introduce students to Blackboard and Canvas. They are captioned, but don't have audio description, though the Canvas narrators do a pretty good job of saying what things look like and where they are on the screen. ​The Playlist is at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhczYLJo2yXHNay2HPhBmY6C4JLs2BINv
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  • Tips for your Financial Aid package if you need to leave campus
  • See our Food Insecurity & Homelessness page if you need food or a place to live
  • ​Information to help your parents understand what you're experiencing​
  • Students and families, check out two important resources from the College Diabetes Network. They're applicable to all students with disabilities. Finishing Your Semester at Home gives you strategies to focus on your online coursework. The Communication Agreement helps negotiate ways that students and their families can support each other at home.
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Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth with resources about and for Disabled Women

3/2/2020

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The Women's Disability Activism Timeline shares the leadership of women in the Disability Rights Movement: http://whitneylewjames.com/disability-activism/

Resources for Women's Disability Leadership, Inclusion and Advocacy from RespectAbility https://www.respectability.org/ra-nywf/

WILD, the Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability at Mobility International USA trains leaders around the world https://www.miusa.org/wild

"Women with Disabilities Leading Change" at the Disability Rights Network site offers resources and stories from around the globe: http://disabilityrightsfund.org/our-impact/insights/women-with-disabilities-leading-change/
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For #BlackHistoryMonth check out the National Black Disability Coalition

2/5/2020

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Do you know your history about African Americans with Disabilities?

Take this quiz from the National Black Disability Coalition and check all of their resources. #BlackHistoryMonth
http://www.blackdisability.org/content/black-disabled-trivia
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Studying Abroad is Within your Reach

12/19/2019

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Mobility International USA is a great friend of AHEAD and the NCCSD, and should be your first stop for anything related to studying in other countries. 

Many disabled students have taken the plunge into studying, researching, living and working abroad. They share valuable information for other students who considering the same thing.

Learn about their experiences and international exchange experiences at: ​https://www.miusa.org/
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Are you Ready for Mid-terms and Finals?

10/28/2019

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Take our Two-Minute Training, Beyond the Blue Book to get tips and strategies for taking exams and maximizing your exam accommodations.

Now would be a good time to connect or reconnect with your campus Disability Resources & Services office to make sure that you have exam accommodations in place. 

If you're already registered, let them know about upcoming exams that you have. If you know when your Finals are happening, let them know that too, so they can plan spaces and schedules.
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Resources for Current College Students

9/10/2019

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We've pulled together information and resources for you on academics, getting involved on campus, disability identity, paying for college, getting help and a lot more in our Clearinghouse Resources for Current College Students. 

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Welcome to Fall Semester and a New Year!

8/19/2019

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​The NCCSD has information and resources to help you make New Student Orientation, Welcome Week and other New Student activities accessible to all students. these first tips are for campus staff. 

Check out the NCCSD Orientation and Welcome Week Toolkit for ideas and our popular "Be An Ally" poster.

Our Planning Checklist will help you make all of your event environments more  inclusive. 


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Take a Two-Minute Training to learn how to make your campus more welcoming.

For New Students (and those needing a refresher) we have a Two-Minute Training to help you prepare for the new year.

Set up a 
DREAM Chapter on your campus, or have your existing student organization become a DREAM affiliate – benefits include monthly digital “Care Packages” of resources for student leaders.
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Goldman Sachs Neurodiversity Hiring Initiative

7/26/2019

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Goldman Sachs announces its Neurodiversity Hiring Initiative internships in New York and Jersey City this Fall.

Informational Workshop: Wednesday, September 4 or Thursday, September 5

Assessment: Monday, September 16 – Friday, October 4

Internship: Monday, October 21 – Friday, December 13

Find out more at:
​https://specialisterneusa.com/2019/07/goldman-sachs-neurodiversitywork-internship/
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Two additional Research Briefs on Students and Employment from NCCSD

5/13/2019

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We are pleased to publish two more Research Briefs related to college students with disabilities and their employment.

In Career Development Needs and Models of Support Kate Pillette of Northeastern University reviews the literature related to the career development needs of college students with disabilities. Her brief highlights exemplary career support models and offers recommendations for best practices in maximizing positive employment outcomes for persons with disabilities.

Jay Feldman of RTI International’s Center for the Evaluation and Study of Educational Equity examines research-based, and promising practices in providing support and training for college students with mental health disabilities in ​Career Development for College Students with Mental Health Disabilities.

Both are available at the NCCSD Research Brief page: ​http://www.nccsdonline.org/research-briefs.html
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nTIDE Lunch & Learn Webinars on Employment

4/5/2019

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Join free live webinars, and view recorded ones about National Trends in Disability Employment  (nTIDE),  a project of the  University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD)  in partnership with Kessler Foundation

https://researchondisability.org/home/ntide
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