🚨🚨17 states are suing to end Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act🚨🚨

What is section 504?
Entities that receive money from the Federal government are required to provide accommodations that give equal access to people with #ADHD, #autism, #dyslexia, #learningdisabilities, #physicaldisabilities among other disabilities.

SPEAK UP.

These states want to remove the entire law that protects us with disabilities. #disabilities #504 #equalaccess
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https://theeducatorsroom.com/in-a-new-lawsuit-17-states-sue-to-do-away-with-504-protections/

When assistive technology for people with physical disabilities is developed, the final users of it — its “pilots” — are often not involved until the very end. That’s why robotics expert Robert Riener launched the Cybathlon. The technotopian competition takes place every four years — the next tournament is this month in Switzerland and online — and involves eight events including the assistance robot race, in which pilots control a robot assistant from their wheelchairs and the brain-computer interface race, where pilots with quadriplegia use their thoughts to guide an animated avatar through an obstacle course. Here’s more from @KnowableMag.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2024/cybathlon-competition-bionic-athletes-use-assistive-tech

#Accessibility #PhysicalDisabilities #Sport #Robotics #AssistiveTechnology #Technology #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

The neuroTUM #StudentClub is exploring how #BrainComputerInterfaces can assist those with #PhysicalDisabilities. Their pilot, Leon, aims to control a computer using only #BrainSignals as they prepare for the upcoming #Cybathlon2024: http://go.tum.de/613738

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installing a stable and well-designed ✨ #walkramp can ensure a #safe and convenient access point for all individuals, including those with #physicaldisabilities or mobility limitations. 👨‍🦽
#walkramps #ramps #walk #disability #accessibility
https://theessenceofaustralia.wordpress.com/empowerment-on-an-incline-how-walk-ramps-are-making-spaces-safer-for-everyone/

Vancouver Mom: VM Picks: Top Vancouver Summer Camps: Q&A with Easter Seals https://www.vancouvermom.ca/vm-picks/vm-picks-top-vancouver-summer-camps-qa-with-easter-seals-camps/ #vancouver #vancouvermom #momhacks #cognitivedisabilities #kidfriendlyvancouver #physicaldisabilities #summercampvancouver #summerinvancouver #summercamps #Highlights #Highlight #vancouver #VMPicks

I've been looking for new #books on #neurodiversity and #disability to request or donate to my local library. I've got tons of books on ADHD and autism to go through now, and a few on dyspraxia, but we need more...well...diversity!

Can anyone recommend books on these topics? Preferably new (2021-2023) and written by neurodivergent authours, but all suggestions are welcome. Looking for queer and BIPOC authours, especially. Thanks!

#BPD
#OCD
#OCPD
#Tourettes
#FASD
#Dyspraxia
#Dyslexia
#Dysgraphia
#Dyscalculia
#LearningDisabilities
#IntellectualDisabilities
#PhysicalDisabilities
#MentalIllness
#Trauma
#CPTSD

#ActuallyAutistic #Bookstodon #Fiction #NonFiction #Libraries #Literature #ChildrensLiterature #KidLit

Edited to add a few tags. Kids books and fiction books with ND, disabled, queer, or otherwise marginalized protagonists are welcome, too!

The Martindale Fund is a registered charity that supports children with physical disabilities, hearing or visual impairment, who are being educated in Hounslow schools.

We help to provide resources outside the statutory duty of the local education authority or the health services.

We hold fund raising events during the year to raise money. #charity #Hounslow #PhysicalDisabilities