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Learning Ideas - Understanding Accessible Educational Materials (Aem) And Their Use: Tips For K-12 Educators, University Of Maine Center For Community Inclusion And Disability Studies
Learning Ideas - Understanding Accessible Educational Materials (Aem) And Their Use: Tips For K-12 Educators, University Of Maine Center For Community Inclusion And Disability Studies
Professional Development
Students arrive in classrooms with a variety of skills, interests and needs. For many learners, the typical curriculum—including instructional methods, classroom materials, and assessments of knowledge—may contain barriers to educational participation and achievement. Students who are unable to access print materials face particular challenges. Accessible educational materials reduce barriers and provide rich supports for learning. By using accessible educational materials, educators enable all learners to gain knowledge, skills and enthusiasm for learning.
Tapping Into Potential With Expectations: Making Employment And Post-Secondary Education The New Norm For Individuals With Disabilities, University Of Maine Center For Community Inclusion And Disability Studies
Tapping Into Potential With Expectations: Making Employment And Post-Secondary Education The New Norm For Individuals With Disabilities, University Of Maine Center For Community Inclusion And Disability Studies
Education
In her keynote address from the University of Maine World Usability Day Conference on November 8, 2018, Dr. Kelly Nye-Lengerman discusses how large numbers of people with disabilities can’t access the typical trajectory for economic wellbeing. “What is it about our educational settings or employment settings that are not making these spaces available or accessible to people with disabilities?”