The library includes carefully selected resources on a wide range of topics related to postsecondary education for people with intellectual disability.
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This publication explains what is important about the FERPA Act, or the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Simple language and an easy-to-read question and answer format is used.
Other publications in this Plain Language Series are available on the topics of WIOA, federal financial aid, and the ABLE Act, and can be found here.
This toolkit is designed to help people (e.g., parents & caregivers, teachers, siblings, service providers) who support teens and young adults on the autism spectrum as they set and pursue self-determined goals. Teens and adults on the autism spectrum may also find this toolkit helpful. This toolkit may also be beneficial to people who support individuals with a range of disabilities.
Students with intellectual disability (ID) are increasingly attending postsecondary education institutions and acquiring work experiences while completing their studies. One of the main motivations for students with ID to seek higher education is to broaden and increase their chance for finding fulfilling, paid employment in their communities.
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) has created this essential guide for educators about privacy laws and online learning. The shift has raised questions about how to protect student data privacy, particularly for students in special education. A new guide from the National Center for Learning Disabilities and the Future of Privacy Forum addresses educators concerns and summarizes key privacy laws. The guide reviews laws like FERPA, COPPA, HIPPA, and more, and highlights exactly how each law applies to distance learning.
This document lists over a dozen videos, presentations and documents that explain various aspects of COVID-19 in plain language. Links and a brief description of each resource is provided. The list was compiled by Think College in August 2020.
Featuring information on over a dozen newsletters that provide subscribers with information on webinars, trainings, research, strategies, curricula, and many other valuable resources. Links to sign up for each newsletter are provided. Compiled by Lauren Perry of University of South Alabama in July, 2020.
This guide, developed by the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, is to inform researchers and communicators of research to use language that affirms the existence, experiences, and rights of individuals with disabilities. It contains concrete suggestions and rationales for making language more respectful and inclusive.
NTACT and the Center for Parent Information and Resources produced a guide for students to use as they exit high school and prepare to transition to college or work. This 15-page resource is designed to help youth with disabilities take steps to transition from high school to adult life. It speaks directly to youth, moving through secondary transition considerations step by step, including:
This guide answers questions like what is the ADA?, why is it important for me?, what protections does it provide?, as well as sharing information about the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act and the Olmstead Act. This toolkit is available in an easy read version as well as a plain language version with fewer graphics; both can be found attached to this resource.
Opening Doors to College is a 36-minute documentary by filmmaker Dan Habib which shows the educational, social and self-determination strategies of inclusive higher education at Millersville and Temple Universities. Hundreds of colleges across the U.S. are opening doors to higher education for students with intellectual disability.
