Disability Employment/News for the week of 5/1/17
The Path to
Higher Education With an Intellectual Disability
“The point of this program is we are training them, we’re teaching them employment skills, we’re teaching them independent skills, but they also have the collegiate experience,” Walters said. “You know, [a student might think], ‘My sister went to college, why can’t I?’ Well, you can. The opportunity is here."
This App Is
Helping Businesses Get Creative With Mental Health Care
It would be easy to think that the issue of mental health
care in the United States—both the way it’s talked about and treated—has been
resolved.
Insurers are now required to ensure equal coverage and treatment of mental health conditions and addiction. A growing number of grassroots organizations and social media campaigns are raising awareness about the roughly one in five Americans who will be affected by a mental health condition in their lifetime. Celebrities are speaking candidly about their own struggles. Society is having a compassionate conversation and pushing for legislation in a way it wasn't 20 years ago.
Special Education to Get Boost Under Budget Deal
Special education is set to see a rise in federal funding
under a bipartisan agreement to avert a government shutdown.
Grants to states under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act will go up $90 million to reach $12 billion as part of the deal
reached over the weekend, which still must be voted on by Congress.