Tuesday Links

Orientation at the high school today!  Oh boy!

People with Autism and the Budget Crisis -

"Preservation of the most essential programs for people with autism, intellectual, or developmental disabilities is vital. Medicaid is a lifeline for the majority of people with autism and other forms of significant disabilities. Medicaid is the largest funding source of long-term family and individual supports in the state and federal developmental disabilities systems and is, for many people, their main source of health care payments."

Agencies Spar over Standards for Special Education Students -

"The policy says, essentially, that only students with severe cognitive disabilities and English-language learners who have been in the country for less than one year should be excluded from taking the exams in reading, mathematics, and other subjects.... As it now stands, states that exclude more students with disabilities and ELLs have a record of posting better scores than states that are more inclusive."

Getting the Most out of Working with a Learning Disability - 

"Madaus polled 500 university graduates from three different schools, and found that while 100 percent of these students disclosed their disability in college, only 55 percent did so on the job, and of that 55 percent, only 12 percent asked for workplace accommodations. Furthermore, 20 percent of the students who disclosed reported experiencing negative consequences such as lack of respect, lowered expectations or confidence from others, lost job responsibilities, and exclusion from promotion."