Sentences with phrase «conversations about disability»

We're trying to eliminate undesired conversations about your disability or handicap.

They are in contact with about a dozen parents from around the world who have chosen to have this procedure performed on their «pillow angels,» and remain active in the national conversation about disability rights and medical intervention for the disabled.

Not exact matches

Eschewing the extremes occupied by the loudest voices in the national concussion and youth sport conversation, the ones who either deny there is a serious issue that needs to be addressed (who they characterize as the «just a knock to the head» crowd) or have become so convinced that contact sports inevitably result in lifelong disability that they are so fundamentally unsafe that they should be abolished, they opt instead for the common sense middle ground - a place where MomsTEAM and I have been all along - a magical place where it is possible to have a «more thoughtful, science - based» dialog about the role of sports in our kids» lives.

Don't let all your conversations be about your child's disability.

The timing of when you and your child learned about his disability will also be a factor in your conversations.

Meg O'Connell, Vice President of Workplace Initiatives, Poses Family Foundation said, «We are grateful to our partners, Kessler Foundation and National Disability Institute, for helping us elevate the important conversation about building an inclusive workforce.

Mention your disability but don't hog the conversation and talk about it 24/7.

80, an advance screening of the highly anticipated film Waiting for «Superman», and a conversation about the 35th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act moderated by MSNBC's Chris Matthews.

Highlights this spring will include a talk by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, a screening of the film World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements, and a conversation about the 35th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act moderated by MSNBC's Chris Matthews.

The detailed story of her son, who is now grown and living in another state, must be saved for a different day, but the myriad questions that even the synopsis raises about accountability over federal special education and disability services funds is important to keep front and center during the current reform conversation.

Considering the needs of students with disabilities in the design of the system requires honest conversations and dedicated action, not only about the benefits personalized learning can offer these students but also about the inherent challenges.

For example, conversations about students with disabilities and personalized learning remain generic and often students» unique needs and learning styles are not adequately considered at the outset of implementation.

The conversations around the Wonders was about their fame not about how they coped with their disability.

Not surprisingly, it was one of our most popular posts and generated a lot of great conversation about pets with disabilities who still live full, active, and — most importantly — happy lives!

Talking about «disability» is so important, the conversations are difficult but as my blog mentor Todd Hestand said, «Use your words.»

Aaron Street: Today's conversation with Haben is not an SEO conversation but it's fascinating how a conversation about how to make justice more accessible for people with disabilities can have SEO and marketing implications and...

Aaron Street: Yeah, and so that then led to a conversation about kind of the bias, inherent in personas and I think one of the traps that it's important to not get too caught up in is in this context, bias absolutely can include things like race and gender and orientation and disability status, but the bigger point is that they can be biases having nothing to do with kind of demographic identity.

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The WHO - DAS was developed to operationalize the core dimensions in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.12 For this study, the WHO - DAS was streamlined to include 16 core questions that ask about level of difficulty carrying out daily activities in the domains of self - care, mobility, productive activity, social and family life, and community participation during the past 30 days (eg, difficulties dressing oneself, walking outside the home, or understanding what people are saying in social conversations).