Main Topic: Employment Session Type: Paper Abstract The legacy of marginalization of people with disabilities and older adults has been going on since time immemorial, and they encounter marginalization in…
Main Topic: Deaf Community Session Type: Talk Story Abstract This workshop will focus on the four areas of cultural mediation, interpretation, education and oppression in the Deaf community. Participants will…
Main Topic: Flourishing, Well-being, and Social-Emotional Learning Session Type: Paper Abstract In 2016 Japan started to enforce domestic legislation in the form of the Act of Elimination of Discrimination against…
Main Topic: Indigenous Knowledge, Perspectives, and Approaches Session Type: Paper Abstract Hawaii’s educational system has been dominated by Western thinking, disregarding indigenous knowledge as a source of knowledge within the…
Main Topic: Transition, Inclusive Postsecondary Education, and Self Determination Session Type: Skill Share Abstract Self-advocacy has become a buzzword in special education. It is the ability to make one's own…
Main Topic: Education, Teaching and Classroom Practices Session Type: Paper Abstract This article proposal synthesizes qualitative research data that reveals moments of advocacy and the decisions that seven district-level special…
Main Topic: Flourishing, Well-being, and Social-Emotional Learning Session Type: Talk Story Abstract Neurodiverse students are often disadvantaged in educational settings by deficit thinking, a learned mindset that skews our treatment…
Main Topic: Indigenous Knowledge, Perspectives, and Approaches Session Type: Skill Share Abstract Over the past decade, there has been a decline in mathematics performance for at-risk students in underserved communities.…
Main Topic: Online Learning and Technology Session Type: Paper Abstract The global spread of COVID-19 significantly restrained economic activity worldwide. The COVID-19 crisis highlights how much society depends on Essential…
Main Topic: Education, Teaching and Classroom Practices Session Type: Paper Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest impact on all learners, especially students with disabilities. In Japan, all schools…