Category: Accommodations
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Events – Accommodating Yourself and Your Attendees
I recently attended my favorite annual event. It inspired me to create this post about how to run or attend an event for diverse people. Some things I had noticed made this event less accessible: Knowing when/where aspects of the event are – Information about the event location were only provided in the Ticketholder FB…
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Time Management
One thing I struggled with my whole life was time management with executive dysfunction. For context, I have Autism Spectrum Disorder. I struggle with executive dysfunction, task initiation (getting started), and maintaining attention during a task.
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Tools I Use to Accommodate Myself
As you know, I’m an adult with autism and chronic pain/fatigue from other physical disabilities. Here are some things I use to accommodate myself. Whiteboards. Whiteboards. Whiteboards. I use whiteboards all over my house. We have a meal plan whiteboard on the fridge along with messages or reminders. We keep a whiteboard in the living…
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Accommodations at Conferences
I work in education. I’m a teacher. I work in a state with a union, and participate in that union. Within this union, I work on the Professional Learning Committee. This committee looks at professional developments being supplied by the state and the school district and supplements them. Educators have more voice and choice with…