People With Learning Disabilities ‘Extremely Vulnerable’ to the Effects of COVID-19

July 15, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, International

People with learning disabilities with covid-19 are five times more likely to be admitted to hospital and eight times more likely to die compared with the general population of England, finds a study published by The BMJ today. Read more athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/people-with-learning-disabilities-extremely-vulnerable-to-the-effects-of-covid-19/ Related

Accessibility Gains Must Become Lasting Learning Practices

July 7, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, International

For too long, colleges and universities have waited for students with disabilities to request accommodations before deciding to remove barriers to access and full participation that existed all along. Read more athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/accessibility-gains-must-become-lasting-learning-practices/ Related

Online Learning Is Worsening the Already-Uneven Educational Experience for Neurodiverse Students – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

January 26, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, International

Students with ADHD are underrepresented in the university system, their symptoms poorly managed and their degree outcomes uncertain. This academic year may be the testing ground for the shape of higher education to come, and I worry that students with ADHD and other invisible disabilities will be placed at a particular disadvantage owing to a […]

Accessibility and Remote Classrooms – Are Your Digital Learning Tools Leaving Students Behind? – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

January 6, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, Education

By David HsiehJanuary 04, 2021 Educators around the world are adopting digital learning tools to adjust to new remote educational environments necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in an effort to reach and support students by virtual means, teachers risk leaving the most vulnerable behind. In the U.S., the nearly 7 million students with disabilities […]

Watch TVO’s “The Agenda with Steve Paikin” Tonight at 8 or 11 PM for an Interview on Whether Distance Education and Re-Opened Schools are Meeting the Learning Needs of Students with Disabilities – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

December 8, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

This program will appear on TV (for those who still use it). It will also stream tonight at 8 pm on the Twitter feed and Facebook page of The Agenda with Steve Paikin. It will be permanently available on YouTube. In a future AODA Alliance Update, we will provide the YouTube link. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/watch-tvos-%c2%93the-agenda-with-steve-paikin%c2%94-tonight-at-8-or-11-pm-for-an-interview-on-whether-distance-education-and-re-opened-schools-are-meeting-the-learning-needs-of-students-with-disab/ […]

With the Shift to Online Learning, Students With Disabilities Face New Barriers

December 8, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, International

They may not have to navigate campus, but online learning has brought new challenges Read more at https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/with-the-shift-to-online-learning-students-with-disabilities-face-new-barriers/

With the Shift to Online Learning, Students With Disabilities Face New Barriers – Accessibility News International

December 8, 2020 / by BBG Security / Education

They may not have to navigate campus, but online learning has brought new challenges By John Loeppky December 1, 2020 Shae Sackman is a University of Regina student who uses the school’s Centre for Student Accessibility to arrange the accommodations that they require for their studies (Sackman uses the they/them pronouns), including a quiet space […]

Why Some Parents of Kids With Disabilities are Making the ‘Heart-Breaking’ Choice of At Home Learning – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

August 28, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

For months, Avery Thornbury, 14, has been looking forward to starting Grade 9 at a new school. In fact, she’s been so excited that she’s had her backpack ready by her front door since June. “I just want the virus to be done,” she said. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/why-some-parents-of-kids-with-disabilities-are-making-the-heart-breaking-choice-of-at-home-learning/ Related

Three Recommendations for Accessible Remote Learning – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

July 20, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

Adapting to the realities of remote schooling has been challenging. Since the COVID-19 pandemic sent our province into a state of emergency, many students have had to turn bedrooms into offices, kitchen tables into classrooms and parking lots into hotspots. While all Ontario learners have had to adapt to overcome barriers, those barriers have been […]

On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the AODA Alliance Again Writes Ontario’s Education Minister and TVO’s Vice President to Try to Get the Urgent Learning Needs of Students with Disabilities Met – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

May 21, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

In our continuing campaign to get the Ford Government to address the urgent needs of a third of a million vulnerable students with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis, the AODA Alliance today wrote two important letters, set out below. These are especially timely, because today is the internationally recognized Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Read […]

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