Design for Neurodiverse Learners
While initially coined to describe individuals with autism,
neurodiversity now describes anyone with a different brain process. That is compared to a neurotypical individual, or a person with normative brain function. As the research and understanding of brain science advances, the number of people defined as neurodiverse continues to increase, with some studies identifying nearly 30 percent of the population as neurodiverse, such as individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, dyspraxia, as well as people on the autism spectrum, among others. Advertisement
There is no direct association between a person’s intelligence and neurodivergence. Being neurodivergent is not considered a deficit merely a difference from the norm. That is not to be confused with individuals with disabilities. Section 508 of the Americans With Disabilities Act protects an individual with a disability … who has a physical or menta
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Mississippi asserts it is meeting mental health mandates
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press
May 3, 2021
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) The Mississippi Department of Mental Health says it is fulfilling requirements to provide community-based services, and it is asking a federal judge not to order the state to make changes in its mental health system.
The federal government issued a letter in 2011 saying Mississippi had done too little to provide mental health services outside mental hospitals. The Justice Department sued the state in 2016. After a 2019 trial, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled Mississippi “operates a system that unlawfully discriminates against persons with serious mental illness.”
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Three Colorado Officers Resign After Arrest of Woman With Dementia
Body-camera footage of the arrest of Karen Garner has drawn widespread outrage, as has another video that showed officers laughing at the footage.
Karen Garner asking for help from her painful injuries.Credit.Loveland Police, via The Life & Liberty Law Office
April 30, 2021
Three members of a Colorado police department have resigned after they arrested and booked a 73-year-old woman with dementia who was thrown to the ground and handcuffed after she was suspected of shoplifting, officials said on Friday.
The woman, Karen Garner, was pinned against a squad car, and her arm was twisted behind her back, breaking a bone and dislocating her shoulder during the roadside arrest in Loveland, Colo., last June, a lawsuit says.