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Ableism in schools
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- Innovative Preschool
- Public and Private School on the same campus
- Brings diversity and acceptance
- Culture affects how parents reach out for help
Students with Disabilities
Interview: Teacher Liz
Ableism & Education
Special Education in United States
- 1 in 7 people have learning disability
- 2.1 million
- Why we chose it
- Why is it important?
- 1900s legislation requirement
- 1975 IDEA enacted
What is IDEA?
Individual with Disabilities Education Act
- Mandates age 3-21 free/appropriate public school education
spend 40% or more in regular classroom
GRADUATION RATE
-14 to 21 /46.6 percent graduated with diploma
DROP OUT RATE
19 percent dropped out
Accommodation services
- Priority registration
- First day of regristration
- Extended exam time + low distraction environment
- Interpreters and transliterators- Cathy Carey
- Reader
- Brailler
- Notetakers- Students
- Sign language
Accessibility Resource Center
- Recognize higher education
- Disability = Diversity
- 9% of incoming freshman are disable
- Show proof of their condition
There are cases where schools don't allow disabled students to attend because they are deemed unfit or are discouraged.
Does this seem fair to you? Just because of a disability does that make them unlikely to understand or learn as we do?
Pros and Cons of Public Schools
- Disabilities Education Act
- full range of special education services
- inclusion
Pros & Cons of Private Schools
YOU, yourself can be a mentor and a helping hand for a disabled student. A disabled student doesn't mean necessarily physically incapacitated or mentally disabled individuals, it can be someone who is suffering from emotional trauma and distress. Remember that these people breathe, consume, live, laugh, talk, feel, we're all human beings.
Joining or creating clubs to help promote awareness for ableism in schools, posting on social media a brief statement to show concern, support and most importantly, to educate.
Ableism is a not just a word or a term, but a serious issue that many are clueless about and we all should help people realize and understand the severity of this topic in schools and in general.
Most universities offer resources and programs for disabled students to get by and aid them, for example here on the Chico State campus we have ARC (Accessibility Resource Center) as mentioned previously.
What can we do? Are there programs and resources to reach out to?
- some specialize in teaching students with learning and attention issues
- private schools aren't funded by the government
- equitable services
- staffing