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We provide information & training for educators, parents & students with disabilities on technologies for learning both in & out of the classroom.

[SNOW at FLOE @SNOWocad]

Inclusive Design for Learning (IDfL): An educator's guide to Open Educational Resources (OER) What makes an educational resource open; Why OERs are important in the practice of IDfL; How to find and use OERs; How to jump in and make your own OER. https://t.co/70dFjTBXwD

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Want to know more about Braille for inclusive learning? link through to get valuable info including: Types of Braille, a teaching guide for introducing Braille, and low and high technology for reading and writing Braille. #WorldBrailleDay2022 https://t.co/ryHtcusimS

[TDSB Assistive Technology @TDSB_AT]

🧡National Day for Truth and Reconciliation🧡 A day for all of us to honour survivors, families, communities and the legacy of residential schools in Canada. We all have a part to play in the process of reconciliation. #EveryChildMatters #NationalDayofTruthandReconciliation

[Stacey Falconer (She/Her) @The8Techdudes]

Executive Functioning Skills and Online Tests https://t.co/0YLeVfa9J6 via @YouTube
Here's to students who are self aware and push me to be better!

[COL @COL4D]

A new #course offered jointly by @COL4D @OpenUniversity @TESSAfrica highlights the #skills, #attitudes and #values that #schools need to foster to be able to #support #learners with #diverse #needs. To register, visit: https://t.co/IepW9coVo9 @bettyogange

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Understanding the spectrum – a comic strip explanation https://t.co/iZGfQW9I3Q via @artautism h/t @notanautismmom #AutismPride

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Reader pens can support inclusion: https://t.co/Sot8kGJU1t

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Check out @LearnforJustice. Working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people. Free resources to support creating inclusive school communities. https://t.co/25j2KNXh7e @splcenter

[SNOW at FLOE @SNOWocad]

Have a read to hear why advocacy matters (self- and ally-advocacy). "I can’t explain autism and impact from ground zero with everyone. It’s exhausting. I don’t have the time. I cannot summon the energy. And coming from the defensive, it’s even harder."

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"Last March when teachers and students transitioned to remote instruction, Iraqi instructor Mohammad Hameed and his students in the Arbat Refugee Camp in the Iraqi Kurdistan region weren’t caught off guard."

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Celebrating the beginning of 2021 with World Braille Day on January 4! Braille is a tactile system of raised dots that enables students with low vision or blindness to access information by touch. https://t.co/KeHYhfttmG
https://t.co/ryHtcusimS

[Jason To | 杜澤信 @Jason_To]

Did you know that academic streaming is older than Canada itself? Or that Ontario has tried many times to fix streaming by...streaming? 🤔

As educators across Ontario prepare for destreaming, it's important to understand its origins, so enjoy this 2-minute history lesson:

[Sanjaya Mishra @SanjayaMishra]

Are you looking forward to understand inclusive design issues for learning? Here comes a succinct publication from @COL4D contributed by colleagues from @idrc_ocadu and my colleague @bettyogange

[COL @COL4D]

@COL4D new publication, Inclusive Design for Learning, provides a means to address the crisis of exclusion of persons with identified and unidentified #disabilities. @bettyogange #PWD #inclusion #learning #resources

https://t.co/MWWKwnqdlg

[SNOW at FLOE @SNOWocad]

"My most accessible experiences have typically happened because I've encountered people who are sort of organically willing to work with me on the spot—and who are creative thinkers and just open to doing things differently." Shermeen Khan on @cbctapestry https://t.co/7RkAuz13at

[We Count @WeCountproject]

Tomorrow is the We Count Digging DEEPer, A Conversation on Accessible Survey Platforms webinar, hosted by #TheInclusiveDesign community. Sign up now to be part of the conversation. Follow the link to register for this free webinar.
https://t.co/KlSRMRuPTM #DiggingDEEPer #wecount

[SNOW at FLOE @SNOWocad]

Listen to @juttatrevira discuss opportunities to re-calibrate our values, change our approaches to design, policy, education, work and how we build communities. FREE July 22 at 4-5pm EST presented by @_aaidd Link: https://t.co/LpvrZfdZP9

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Check out the newly published Inclusive Design for Learning: An educator's guide to Open Educational Resources (OER) https://t.co/tefz1dfrCm

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Off-line solutions for reaching students with limited or no internet access https://t.co/ljhZqC6rYt

[Colin Clark @colinbdclark]

Coding in the curriculum is great, but we also need more resources and tools to help educators teach coding inclusively, otherwise the kids who could benefit the most from "coding to learn" will be left out. That's why we started the @codelearncreate community.