Category: Accommodations
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Need Help in School? Seek Special Education Advocates for ADHD and Autism
Parents of teens and young adults with ADHD and Autism: Got a beef with your school about services or accommodations? A special education advocate can help smooth out the rough spots. These tips can help to find the right match for you.
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Dysgraphia in College Students with ADHD: Accommodations and Modifications
College students with ADHD often suffer from dysgraphia. This learning disability in writing makes academics difficult. Accommodations and modifications provide opportunities for success. Self-knowledge helps them to figure out which supports they should use. Low-tech and technology provide many options.
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Trouble Focusing? Try Keeping Your Hands Busy!
Many symptoms between ADHD and Autism overlap. One major symptom is being unable to pay attention and sit still. For many, it’s very painful to pay attention and sit still, unless they can keep their hands busy. There are many fidget toys available but for some, fidget toys don’t work. Some people need…
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Is It Defiance Or Is It Executive Dysfunction?
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Nearly 10 years of Using Motorola/Android
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Bullet Journals, Autism, and ADHD, Oh My!
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How Nani, my Orange-Winged Amazon Helps Me
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8 Tips for Online Accommodations for High School Students with ADHD and Autism
Our ADHD and Autism students are everywhere! In the 2018-2019 school year, 71 million students received special education services (IEP). Even more received accommodations as a result of Section 504. What happens when class moves around? These 8 tips will facilitate transitions from brick-and-mortar buildings to distance education. Definitions to Remember Accommodations change how a…
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Students with ADHD Left Out in the Cold? Try Inclusion.
Good things happen when students with and without disabilities learn together. Inclusion is an all-embracing societal ideology. It rejects the use of special schools or classrooms for students with disabilities. In inclusive classrooms, all students belong, are equally valued, and deserve the same experiences and opportunities. They learn by being together, improved by diversity. Students…