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Panelists in Edmonds webinar urge universal design, stronger transition supports for students with disabilities
Summary
Panelists in the Edmonds School District webinar “Nothing About Us Without Us” described personal experiences with IEPs and 504 plans, said assistive technology and family advocacy made critical differences, and urged schools to adopt universal design and better transition planning for college and adult services.
A panel of people with lived experience of disability told an Edmonds School District webinar audience on Wednesday that schools need to center universal design, destigmatize assistive technologies and strengthen transition supports so students with disabilities can thrive beyond high school.
The webinar, the third in a district series called “Nothing About Us Without Us,” opened with a land acknowledgement and then moved to first-person accounts from panelists who grew up on individualized education programs (IEPs) or 504 plans. Elizabeth, a psychologist who said she grew up with spina bifida and used an IEP, described practical supports that mattered: “I had an IEP... my main needs were for accessible environment, bathroom breaks, and then support during medical leaves from school,” she said, and added that being connected to DVR in her senior year was “really helpful later on.”
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