U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin — Retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin is a former Navy jet pilot, a lawyer, who served as a United States Senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. He was the chief sponsor of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, the landmark legislation that protects the civil rights of more than 54 million Americans with physical and mental disabilities.
Matt Morgan is an American politician and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion. Morgan is mayor of the city of Longwood, Fla.
Students with disabilities are underrepresented in STEM majors. This episode of “A World of Difference” looks at why LD students are invisible in STEM and offers parents actionable strategies to help nurture students with learning and attention issues who will “blind them with science” and continue in STEM fields in college and earn STEM degrees. You’ll meet Beacon College anthrozoologist Dr. Brian Ogle and educational leadership expert Dr. Mary-Anne Primack that explores the challenges LD students face in STEM and ways to boost scientific literacy among neurodivergent learners. And much more.
Season 1 | Episode 3: “Ensuring Workforce Diversity Includes Neurodiversity” October 2020 Featuring: Carolyn Jeppsen, Co-Founder/CEO/President, BroadFutures Synopsis: Saluting National Disability Employment Awareness Month, this episode focuses on “Ensuring Workforce Diversity Includes Neurodiversity,” with a Q&A with Carolyn Jeppsen of BroadFutures, Inc., a national group that helps job candidates with learning disabilities reach their highest Read More…
Three decades after the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act was signed by President George H.W. Bush, the numbers of neurodiverse individuals who are continuing on to college and finding footing in the global workplace have outstripped pre-ADA numbers. Change is indisputable, but are there areas where the neurodiverse are still struggling to get a foothold? This month’s “Difference Maker,” retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, looks back at the path that led to the ADA and looks ahead at the road still untraveled.
As schools tentatively ramp up to welcome students back to campus, many parents are wondering how their students will emerge academically from the COVID cocoon. How can neurodiverse students in K-12 successfully hit the ground running?
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