Icebreakers to Get Back Into School
Icebreakers to Get Back Into School Back to School Written by Courtney DeYoung, Registered Behavior Technician and Applied Behavior Analyst at Manhattan Children’s Center. When I was younger, I used to love the first day back to school following a nice, long break. I was able to tell my teachers of all the fun things…
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Disability Drives Innovation, Here’s How
Disability Drives Innovation, Here’s How Audio Books, Siri, and Hearing Aids All Have One Thing in Common Original Article by Shira Ovide | The New York Times Many innovations in tech originally stemmed from an accommodation for people with disabilities that later became a mainstream product. Back in the 1930’s, only about 10 percent to…
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How is Digitability Teaching Workplace Behavior Skills?
How is Digitability Teaching Workplace Behavior Skills? Workplace Behavior Starts in The Classroom Written by Courtney DeYoung, Registered Behavior Technician and Applied Behavior Analyst at Manhattan Children’s Center. Social Skills When it comes to social interactions sometimes I feel on top of the world like a “social butterfly,” but other times I replay every single…
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10 Things to Know About People With Disabilities And Employment
10 Things to Know About People With Disabilities And Employment Accommodations for Employees with Disabilities Benefit Your Entire Company Original Article by Andrew Pulrang | Forbes Rates of unemployment for people with disabilities are consistently very high — much higher than for non-disabled people. Raw numbers alone don’t tell the full story. We have to…
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Big Differences In Autism Rates By Community
Study Finds Big Differences In Autism Rates By Community Why are Areas in the US Seeing More Children With Autism? Original Article by Shaun Heasley | DisabilityScoop Researchers took an in-depth look at the number of children with autism in four New Jersey counties that include 76 school districts. They combed special education records and…
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Are Your Students Making ‘Friends’ Online?
Teaching Online Safety Written by Courtney DeYoung, Registered Behavior Technician and Applied Behavior Analyst at Manhattan Children’s Center. How Can We Prepare Students for the Dangers of Online Sharing? What’s your name? What’s your address? What’s your mom’s name? Where do you live? These are all questions that we as educators are constantly asking our…
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Apple’s iPad Gets Assistive Technology Boost
Apple’s iPad Gets Assistive Technology Boost Making the Apple iPad Accessible Original Article by Michelle Diament | DisabilityScoop Known as the Tobii Dynavox Pilot, the certified Apple accessory attaches to a standard iPad to seamlessly integrate eye-tracking capabilities into all of the typical features of the tablet. In addition, TD Pilot includes TD Talk, an…
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How Prompting Promotes Independence
How Prompting Promotes Independence What is Prompting? Have you ever been asked a question and know that you know the answer but at that moment in time you were unable to remember what the correct response was? Have you ever gone to put an item away at work and didn’t quite know where it belonged?…
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Haley Moss Releases 2nd Book in 2021
Haley Moss Releases 2nd Book in 2021 Guiding Neurodiverse People With All the Work She Does Original Article by Daniel Colón Haley Moss, the first openly autistic person to pass the Florida Bar exam, is a rising star in the autism community and a friend of Digitability. Haley has been busy this year, releasing her…
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Innovation in Special Education Increases Student Outcomes
Innovation in Special Education Increases Student Outcomes Creating Real Work Experiences in Your Special Education Classroom Each school year presents another opportunity to strengthen student portfolios and workplace readiness training through each Work Simulation experience. For many special education departments, Digitability provides a new foundation for rethinking the model of transition training, while incorporating new…
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