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Navigating School for Children with M/E/D/B Needs / Special Education
Mental, emotional, developmental, and behavioral health needs/special education affect approximately 1 in 5 children and youth. On December 18, the TeleOutreach Center’s ECHO series hosts a webinar on navigating educational services, school-linked mental health, and special education to support these children and youth.
The webinar is free, but registration is required.
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Opinion: America is abandoning people with disabilities
ICI Director Amy Hewitt recently wrote a Minnesota Star Tribune opinion piece about a major civil rights victory most Americans have never heard of: closing the large institutions that once warehoused people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
"But progress is not permanent. Across the nation, people with disabilities are again ending up in emergency rooms, psychiatric units, homeless shelters, segregated schools, and even jail. Not because of their disabilities, but because the systems meant to support them are failing."
Community Integration and Inclusion
This Impact article explains that community integration and inclusion are among the 40 big ideas that have had the most significant impact on people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (IDD). In recent decades, people with IDD have moved from large institutions to community living, where they enjoy more control over their lives and can develop a greater sense of belonging.
