REAL Transition Resources - APRIL 2021 - Advocates for Justice and Education

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Science and Technology

Designing spaces with marginalized people in mind makes them better for everyone

How to make technologies more inclusive for people with disabilities

Work

Companies need more robust disability strategies now

Preparing youth with vision loss for careers and success: what parents can do

Services and Systems

The federal infrastructure plan proposes $400B to help people with disabilities living at home

U.S. Department of Labor’s new initiative on racial and social equity in employment for people with disabilities

Independent Living

ABLE savings accounts and disables recipients of stimulus aid

Trader Joe’s aiming to make stores more sensory-friendly

Disability and Culture

Imagine a more accessible art world

Opinion: Sound of Metal is a heartwarming and frustrating take on deafness

Education

Education Department cancels student debt for 40,000 Americans with disabilities

Recorded lectures should remain the norm post pandemic

REAL Transition Resources – APRIL 2021