Our younger consumers enjoyed a picnic at Oxford Lake this summer as part of PNO Plus. This program provides activities for youth with disabilities when they are not in school, as well as welcome respite for parents and guardians.
Welcome to our latest installment of noteworthy disability-themed articles! In addition, as a leader in the field, we are pleased to share our experience, knowledge, and expertise with the disability community through our social media outlets: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+, and Pinterest.
In addition, we are specialists in the area of assistive technology and offer an array of services. The Assistive Technology Center is New Jersey’s premier source of information and equipment.
Featured Job of the Month
We have an immediate opening for an Assistive Technology Specialist specializing in computer training for people who are blind or visually impaired in the Northern Region of the state, specifically Morris County. Most services will be provided in Morris County. Applicants should live in Morris or surrounding counties.
Other Advancing Opportunities News
We send a hearty thank you to our friends at IT Radix. Their volunteering and community spirit will certainly make the days of our residents brighter!
Two of our assistive technology professionals will be presenting at the Disability Rights New Jersey Assistive Technology Summit, Th., Sept. 20, 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Their presentation, Considering Assistive Technology Within the Student’s IEP: An Introduction to the entire process, will cover the following: Navigating Assistive Technology solutions in order to obtain devices and services for your student can be quite a challenge. How do I obtain the best devices and support services for my students? How can I recommend supports for students if I don’t know what kind of devices/solutions are available?
Assistive Technology
Researchers’ reprogrammable-braille innovation could boost literacy for blind readers. This is a very interesting development, surely to help our blind and visually impaired consumers!
For Parents of a Child with a Disability (Parenting)
Inclusion: Special education should be a service for children, not a place to warehouse them.
Disability Rights, Accessibility
This article in Forbes discusses ways in which to have a meaningful conversation about disability at work.
Informative, Positive, Noteworthy (or All Three!)
Rosie Jones: “People feel awkward about disability so I always have jokes in my back pocket.”
Through poetry, these people with disabilities find a way to express themselves as they are.
Opinion the New York Times: Poetry Is a Way of Being in the World That Wasn’t Made for Us.
Special Education
At a Glance: Classroom Accommodations for Anxiety
Notable Research on Disability
Citing an article in a respected medical journal, the CDC released figures of the prevalence of disabilities and health care status, with figures for disability type and status.
A large study finds that children with autism are more likely to have medical issues in pairs, such as poor sleep and constipation or other eating challenges than their peers.
More important research in a critical area: Depression affects nearly 20 percent of young adults with autism, a rate more than three times that seen in the general population.
People with a Disability in the Community (Disability Rights and Acceptance; Inclusion)
Important article from the Washington Post: “What the world’s biggest corporations can learn from Special Olympics”
Here’s a short TV news video about helping gamers with disabilities play. And, if you haven’t had the chance to do so, please check out our article on the new Xbox adaptive controller.
Fashion, Beauty, and Glamour: Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Opinion: “Superhero movies should stop using disabilities as problematic plot devices.”
