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Disability Awareness Month: Supporting Students With Disabilities in Homeschool

July marks Disability Awareness Month — a celebration of disabled identity and culture and the 1990 passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It’s a timely opportunity to spotlight the strengths of students with disabilities and refine teaching practices that let every learner thrive.   Celebrating Disability Awareness in the Classroom — and Beyond   Disability Awareness Month offers rich material for history, social studies, and language arts. Traditional school settings and homeschool curricula can benefit from activities such as:   Reading memoirs by authors with disabilities, such as Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau Investigating key civil rights milestones, including the Capitol Crawl protest of 1990 Creating art projects...