Self-Determination
Service that helps you accomplish something (like a job task). For example, a visual schedule.
What is an accommodation?
Information that is intended to be kept secret or unknown.
What is confidential?
Standing up for yourself and making important decisions about your life and future.
What is self-advocacy?
In high school, you automatically receive special education services and accommodations as a person with a disability.
What is entitlement?
A disability that cannot be seen.
What is a hidden disability?
Making a decision after considering all the facts and weighing the pros and cons.
What is an informed decision.
A person that you can disclose (tell) about your disability.
Who is a supervisor?
The way that you perceive yourself.
What is self-image?
As an adult with a disability, you are __________ for certain services if you meet the requirements.
What is eligible.
What are values?
To open up, reveal or tell. When you give someone information that was previously unknown, you are practicing this.
What is disclosure?
Making decisions has a strong effect on your life and future.
What is the impact?
These are accommodations that you may receive in high school to complete homework, class assignments, or tests.
What are readers, scribe, calculator, etc.
This law protects your rights as a person with a disability.
What is ADA?
Something in the future you want to achieve. Can be long term or short term.
What are goals?
Information that is protected against unwanted disclosure.
What is sensitive information?
It allows you to receive reasonable accommodations so that you can pursue a job or community activities more effectively.
What is an advantage of disclosure?
This law says that a person with a disability is entitled to special education services, accommodations, and assistance in high school up through grade 12.
What is IDEA?
This person is who you will contact if you need assistance searching for a job, filling out applications, interviewing, etc.
What is supported employment representative or job development specialist.
The desire, ability, and practice of directing your own life.
What is self-determination?
Bradly has a learning disability in reading. His supervisor informs him that he will need to take online training for his job which will require him to read lots of information. Bradly is worried because he knows he struggles with reading.
What is a reason for disclosure?
What is a disadvantage of disclosure?
Under the law of IDEA, as a person with a disability, you are entitled to a free appropriate public education.
What is FAPE?
ADA prohibits this from happening to someone on the basis of a disability in private sector employment, public areas/activities, transportation, and telecommunication services.
What is discriminate?