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Legal Support for Expanded Core Curriculum Assessment and Instruction

Updated as of September 7, 2024. Scenario: School has said that FAPE (free appropriate public education) includes only the core academic curriculum and does not include instruction in the expanded core curriculum (ECC). Additional scenario issues: Strategy: Know the Law That Governs ALL IEPs Initial and Reevaluations As an initial matter, the Individuals with Disabilities […]

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Meeting Enlarged Print Music Needs

Updated as of September 7, 2024. Scenario: Student cannot access print music efficiently. In this case, the student is a talented musician who began losing her central vision rapidly at the end of her junior year in high school. Strategies to empower student to enlarge sheet music in real-time Scan and magnify Depending on the […]

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Meeting Braille Music Needs

Updated as of September 14, 2024. Scenario: Student cannot visually access music notation, even when that notation is enlarged. Strategy: Advocate for access to music notation for all students, including braille readers Why is it important to read music? Beginning in elementary school, sighted students learn and use print musical notation, and this is done […]

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Bridges Resource Library Crossing Bridges Together: Secondary Transition In the Field, A Reading Room For Educators

Sources of Accessible Curricular Materials

Updated as of September 7, 2024. Overview Blind/low vision students need curricular materials that they can access as efficiently, as effectively, and with comparable sustainability as the curricular materials provided to their non-disabled peers. On-time, all-the-time access to the materials their non-disabled counterparts use is required for all students with disabilities, regardless of whether they […]

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Bridges Resource Library Crossing Bridges Together: Secondary Transition In the Field, A Reading Room For Educators

Concerns About Chromebooks for Blind/Low Vision Students

Updated as of September 7, 2024. Scenario: District uses Chromebooks for all students and does not want to provide a Windows OS laptop for your blind/low vision student. Overview The U.S. Department of Education has issued regulatory guidance regarding the civil rights of students with disabilities under Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. […]