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CONTINUING YOUR EDUCATION - Where you go from here

fireplace burningCommons Area Resources, Courtesy of Spirit Lake Consulting

Click here for a PowerPoint presentation used to introduce vocational rehabilitation to high school students. Feel free to modify this presentation for your own program.

 

Classroom Modifications: Special Issues in the Spirit Lake Newsletters
Click here for the October newsletter, with advice on classroom modifications for students with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder

Click here for the December newsletter, with advice on classroom modifications for students with visual and hearing impairments.

DOCUMENTS TO DOWNLOAD- Courtesy of the American Indian Disability Technical Assistance Center at the University of Montana.

Everything you need to know about employment rights for people with disabilities. Can an employer be required to make accommodations for interviews or tests when you apply for a job? When is it all right for an employer to ask you about your disability? Can an employer refuse to hire you if you would need some accommodation to do the job, such as putting you in an office on the first floor?

Resources for self-employment and small businesses owned by people with disabilities.

 

books The Library of Congress lends books to persons who are visually impaired or  have other disabilities that prevent reading print material. The service is free, and books are mailed to borrowers. Allow yourself some time to use this web site. It has an incredible number of links to just tons of information. You may need to download some software to get full use out of it. For example, if you want to hear the talking book sample, you need a real audio player. It is definitely worth the time it takes, and offers services that some consumers may find very useful.

 

 

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