Topic Area: Self Advocacy
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Comparison Between Asset and Deficit Based Approaches
The focus on the assets of communities—rather than its needs, deficits, or problems—represents an important shift in mindset and practice for people who work with communities on issues of importance .
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The State of Civil Rights for Students and Schools
Click on the map or links below to access the relevant educational laws and frameworks in your state. Access information about federal statutory and Constitutional protections for all students across the country.
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Our Children, Our Voice
Students with disabilities in Los Angeles County have enormous potential — and the families who advocate for them are being shut out of the system designed to serve them. This report, created by parents for everyone, documents what families are experiencing, what it is costing them, and what must change.
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Transformative Engagement Alliance (TEA) Resources
The Transformative Engagement Alliance (TEA) was a 12 month collaborative project funded by the 2024 Community of Action, focused on improving how schools communicate and partner with families of neurodivergent and disabled students.
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Helping High School Students With Accommodations Plan for the Transition to College
Teachers and parents can work together to help students develop independence and strengthen key skills needed to meet college expectations.
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Map It: What Comes Next? Blind/Low Vision Module
This free module is designed to provide students who are blind or have low vision with information and skills they will need for a successful transition from a secondary to a postsecondary setting.
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The Adusu Advocacy Framework: A Strategic Model for Advancing Policy Reform in Developmental Disability Services
Across many countries, systems supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are experiencing significant pressure. While these issues are widely recognized within the field, translating system challenges into effective, sustainable policy reform remains a continual challenge.
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NCLD’s Action Center
NCLD’s Action Center enables you to contact your Members of Congress and make your voice heard on issues important to students with disabilities.
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Centering Youth Voice in Education Webinar
The Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) takes an inside look at the Youth Action Project, a collaborative initiative dedicated to closing the gap in meaningful participation for disabled and neurodivergent youth. This webinar features leaders from three pilot sites: Social Optics, Transition Academy, and LiberatED.
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School To Prison Pipeline
Missouri’s school discipline is inequitable. For years, the disproportionate discipline of students of color and students with disabilities has prevented these students from achieving their educational potential.
