At this year’s Training Camp, The Nora Project welcomed a panel of esteemed disabled individuals to share their thoughts and perspective about what inclusion should look like in schools. This week we're highlighting Gaelynn Lea.
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Co-teaching is one example of a powerfully collaborative educational practice that may seem far out of reach in this new age of distance learning. However, it’s still incredibly important! Clare Killy of Aspire Chicago and Katy Fattaleh teamed up to share how teachers can co-teach virtually this year.
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At this year’s Training Camp, The Nora Project welcomed a panel of esteemed disabled individuals to share their thoughts and perspective about what inclusion should look like in schools. This week we're highlighting James Cansler.
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No matter what shape school takes on for your child this year, The Nora Project’s Kindness Library is a resource that will help you provide them with opportunities to learn about a variety of topics that will facilitate the development of their social and emotional skills.
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At this year’s Training Camp, The Nora Project welcomed a panel of esteemed disabled individuals to share their thoughts and perspective about what inclusion should look like in schools. This week we're highlighting Mitchell Robins.
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As students are preparing their return to school, in whatever form, this month, it’s a great time to have conversations about how to build friendships. In this post we share a social story about friendship and diversity that you can use with all students!
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At this year’s Training Camp, The Nora Project welcomed a panel of esteemed disabled adults to share their thoughts and perspective about what inclusion should look like in schools. This week we're highlighting Trisha Kulkarni.
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The Nora Project just wrapped up an incredible month of learning, reflection and community building with over 130 educators. Check out what our teachers have to say about their experience!
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In this post, Dr. Janie Avant shares a resource to help introduce young children to disability and the importance of not making assumptions. She also addresses the term "special" in reference to people with disabilities and why this term does not contribute to an inclusive mindset.
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We share our 5 favorite Occupational Therapy Items with links!
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Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor’s children’s book, Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You! presents disability as a form of human diversity that is quite diverse itself. This summer, we encourage you to gather your family together to read this story and talk about disability, and how asking questions can help us better understand the people we meet.
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This month we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Check out TNP's top 3 resources to learn more about the Disability Rights Movement that led to the passing of this historic legislation.
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Meet our friend Nidhi Soni. Nidhi is a local college student studying Computer Science. She’s recently taken up public speaking, and we were thrilled to attend her last (virtual) presentation. After hearing her wisdom, we asked Nidhi to reflect on the role peers and teachers have played in her life as a student and learner. See what she has to say in this guest post!
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We share our 5 favorite Physical Therapy Items with links!
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This spring, after coming to terms with the fact that the remainder of the school year would be taught in our home, I decided it was time to decorate our door. Using the inspiration of my new students, my two sons, we came up with an idea.
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Here are a few resources about disability-related assumptions that you could use to spark heartfelt dialogue with your children at home.
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Ready to get involved in disability rights advocacy? There’s no better place to start than Twitter.
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The Nora Project’s summer Training Camp begins virtually on July 1, 2020, and will run throughout the month. We are thrilled to bring our community of educators together for learning, reflection, and community-building.
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It's more important than ever to focus on the things that we can control. We've created two handy lists for you to post in your home as a reminder for everyone in your family about what we can control when it feels like everything is upside down.
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We’ve all heard it a million times--it’s what’s on the inside that counts. And certainly that’s true. But what’s on the outside--our skin, our faces, our bodies, our behavior, our way of moving, of communicating--these things are important, too. They are markers of who we are and how we experience the world.
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