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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990, to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of school and public life. This week, we are sharing resources that support and encourage accessibility for all students. 

Grades K-12

The Nora Project Resources for Educators

The Nora Project offers educators activities and resources that promote disability inclusion and connect learning about disabilities to real-world situations. Take your entire class on a visit to a virtual calming room with relaxing music.

Grades 9-12

Higher Education for Students with Disabilities

This guide helps students with learning disabilities and their parents better understand their rights and responsibilities regarding postsecondary education. Use this resource with individual students or in a group setting at a career or college night.

Grades 8-12

Disability History Museum

The Disability History Museum is dedicated to raising awareness of how culture, identity, and law have shaped the lives of those with disabilities. Use this resource to help students talk about the roles or experiences of those living with disabilities.

Grades 6-12

The Mighty

Read about the power and strength of people with disabilities through stories formed on the premise that our greatest challenges can become our greatest opportunities. Have your students write their own stories about challenges they have faced.

Grades K-12

Learning Disabilities

Explore this extensive resource about learning disabilities. Consider sharing articles and information with parents during conferences or with colleagues during professional development. topics include ADHD, autism, IEPs, and dyslexia.

Integrating the Four Domains

Reading, writing, speaking, and listening are essential skills for all students. Use the tools in this section to find resources for recording audio messages for students, highlighting and wrapping text, using speech-to-text, and more. 

Grades K-12

Mote

Mote is a Chrome browser extension that allows you to add voice notes to Google Documents, Google Classroom, Google Slides, and Google Sheets. It also supports transcription in over twenty languages. Leave messages on students’ slides and documents.

Grades K-12

BeeLine Reader Collection

Find over 100 books and stories as downloadable PDFs that use BeeLine Reader to highlight and wrap text, improving focus and tracking while reading. Use the leveled reading passages to differentiate reading for learners in your class.

Grades K-12

Immersive Reader

This tool dictates text and offers several options for personalization: adjust the playback speed, highlight text during audio reading, adjust text size or spacing, click on any word in your reading material to hear the pronunciation, and more.

Grades K-12

Speechnotes

Speechnotes provides a distraction-free, easy-to-use speech-to-text notepad for use with Chrome browsers. Just click on the microphone to begin speaking. Use this tool to help students with ADHD, poor typing skills, dysgraphia, dyslexia, and more.

This Week at TeachersFirst

Read about the many summer learning opportunities we have coming up, including our OK2Ask virtual workshops and Microsoft in Education Day, a full day of workshops happening this Thursday! We are also sharing a related blog post and kindly ask for your input on our weekly poll.