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This June 2022 article on the website Moneygeek includes helpful information for families about financial planning for a family member with disabilities. The article walks the reader through steps for planning, a variety of benefits for family members with disabilities, numerous tools to utilize, plus additional resources. Additionally, there are some average costs shared and a national directory for special needs financial planners and advisors. 

One way to help students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) succeed in their college and career endeavors is to provide training and support to secondary staff working with transition-aged students and professionals providing services in college. Think College, in collaboration with the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities, created two self-paced learning modules for these groups. Numerous resources have been included throughout each module.

Want to ensure the materials you create are accessible to all your learners? The POUR principles are a great place to start. These principles define four qualities of an accessible experience and they are at the foundation of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) an international standard for making web content accessible. This helpful framework was designed by the CAST National Center on Accessible Educational Materials, so educators can confidently teach and reach all learners.

Designed by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is developed through the WC3 process in cooperation with individuals and organizations around the world, with a goal of providing a single shared standard for web content accessibility that meets the needs of individuals, organizations, and governments internationally. The WCAG documents explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities.

The CITES website is designed to help districts implement the CITES Framework, a set of practices that enhance the development of a balanced and inclusive technology infrastructure. The work can be approached in a linear, step-by-step process beginning with Leadership and progressing through each practice. Or the Framework can be used as a “just-in-time” resource to focus on specific CITES practices most needed in the district.will create and disseminate a framework of evidence-based practices to help instructional technology and assistive technology programs at local education agencies wor

CAST's mission is to transform education design and practice until learning has no limits. Located near Boston, CAST is a nonprofit education research and development organization that created the Universal Design for Learning Framework and UDL Guidelines, now used the world over to make learning more inclusive.

Telling your story is a great way to make a difference — and because it’s your story, there’s no one better to tell it! Our stories are powerful political tools, and we can use them to make real change. Hearing a real person talk about a policy problem gives policymakers a name and face to remember. This is a toolkit and it was made by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). It helps you brainstorm the most important parts of what you want to say, and make a plan to use your story to create policy change. 

Created for a Universal Design for Learning Affinity Group meeting, Lori Cooney invited attendees to share their favorite technologies for use in inclusive higher education, and "Tech-a-licious" is what they created. This Google Slides deck includes 8 recommendations for various types of technology that make teaching easier, more accessible, and engaging for students.