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Independent Practice
Independent Practice with Digitability Workplace Connections Independent practice assignments in Digitability should also follow workplace policies. For example, students can earn a Following Directions Dollar for each assigned badge they unlock. However, unlocking more badges than assigned means that they did not follow directions. This will result in being fined and spending a Not Following…
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Which CEOs Have Committed To Disability Inclusion?
Which CEOs Have Committed To Disability Inclusion? Which CEOs Have Committed To Disability Inclusion? By Shaun Heasley | DisabilityScoop The chief executives of Apple, Google, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Sony and hundreds of other international organizations are committing to advance disability inclusion. The companies are part of a group known as The Valuable 500 that…
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How Did Autism Help Him Make Ghostbusters?
Dan Aykroyd Says Being on the Spectrum Helped Him Make Ghostbusters Dan Aykroyd Says Being on the Spectrum Helped Him Make Ghostbusters Article by Caroline Miller | Child Mind Institute | Dec. 12, 2013 Dan Aykroyd—comedian, singer, actor and screenwriter, Blues Brother and, of course, Ghostbuster—who tells the Daily Mail that he was diagnosed with Asperger’s in…
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Do IQs Rise With Age?
Do IQs Rise With Age Kids With Autism See IQs Rise With Age, Study Finds Original Article By Shaun Heasley | DisabilityScoop | Dec. 18, 2020 IQ is generally expected to remain stable over time, but new research suggests that the measure increases significantly for those with autism during adolescence and early adulthood. In a…
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Heres What Cnet Has to Say About Digitability
How tech means jobs ahead for kids with cognitive disabilities Individuals with intellectual disabilities have it particularly rough when it comes to getting hired. Here’s how some are addressing the problem. How tech means jobs ahead for kids with cognitive disabilities Individuals with intellectual disabilities have it particularly rough when it comes to getting hired. Here’s…
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Blue Valley North Talks About Their Digitability Experience
Blue Valley North Talks About Their Digitability Experience BVN Talks About Their Digitability Experience Explore BVN’s pilot Digitability program, which prepares students with cognitive delays for workforce readiness by teaching them technology tools. Digitability thanks Blue Valley North and Dana Steinwart for making this video! Check Out One of BVN’s Work Simulation Projects Students at…
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Preparing Students with Disabilities for the Workplace
How This Teacher is Preparing Students with Disabilities for the Workplace How This Teacher is Preparing Students with Disabilities for the Workforce Original Article by Vicky Diaz-Camacho & Emily Woodring | Flatland | Published February 4th, 2019 Dana Steinwart is a devoted teacher. So devoted that she tears up when she considers where her students…
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Why Digitability?
Why Digitability? Why Digitability? “Many families [impacted by autism] describe leaving high school as falling off a cliff because of the lack of services for adults with an autism spectrum disorder,” says senior study author Paul Shattuck, Washington University. Today, more than 70% of people with cognitive disabilities are unemployed and continue to “fall off…
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What Teachers Really Think About Digitability
Transition Program Success Why do special education teams love Digitability for transition planning? Find out in this 1 minute video! Digitability streamlines and strengthens all of the necessary academic, social/emotional and vocational skills training needed for independence in our tech-driven and highly social economy. Students in special education classrooms have complex needs. The…
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Deshaun Cole
Autism & Work-Ready Training Meet a Digitability Graduate with Autism This is DeShaun, a Digitability graduate who is now working in a human resources office. DeShaun travels to work independently and on his days off, takes the bus to the city’s center for lunch and to visit his favorite museums. Where Deshaun’s Journey Began…
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