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Elevating the Direct Support Profession
Hundreds of direct support professionals (DSPs) from across the country recently gathered for the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals' ELEVATE Conference. ICI sponsored the event, which celebrated, educated, and empowered the DSPs who make inclusion and independence possible for millions of Americans with disabilities.
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The Unfinished Work of Inclusive Education
Inclusive education means students of all abilities can learn together and get the support they need. Yet Impact reminds us that, for a long time, young people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (IDD) didn’t go to school at all. Then they were put in schools or classrooms that were only for people with IDD. Although inclusive education is now the law, most schools still don’t have inclusive classrooms. The authors argue that all students belong in the same classes.
Learn more about inclusive education—one of the 40 big ideas explored in this issue of Impact.
ICI: 40 Years of Community Living
"The country could learn a lot" from the movement to include people with disabilities in the community, Special Olympics Chairman Tim Shriver (pictured at right) said at ICI's 40th anniversary event. Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz (left) and ICI Director Amy Hewitt (center) agreed. But, pointing to federal funding cuts and layoffs, Hewitt cautioned that progress doesn't guarantee permanence.
