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Returning back to school safely: A timeline of 2021

Returning back to school safely: A timeline of 2021

Education for students with disabilities has been disproportionately affected by the ongoing pandemic. As a historically marginalized…
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Toney Lieu
Lessons Learnt From Covid-19 Lockdown: How the Pandemic has Impacted the Lives of Children and…

Lessons Learnt From Covid-19 Lockdown: How the Pandemic has Impacte...

By Michelle Rianto
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Michelle R
The Impact of Resilience on the Mental Health of Special Education Teachers

The Impact of Resilience on the Mental Health of Special Education ...

By Michelle Rianto
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Michelle R
Toronto’s Commitment to Equitable Opportunity to Vaccination for Individuals with Disabilities

Toronto’s Commitment to Equitable Opportunity to Vaccination for In...

With the COVID-19 vaccination response making regular headlines on the news, Torontonians are able to stay up to date with all there is to…
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Toney Lieu
Rethinking Special Education Programs

Rethinking Special Education Programs

For many generations, “special education” programs — where ability grouping is employed to place children with disabilities in separate…
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Yashan Chelliahpillai
Economic Challenges Faced by Canadians with Disablities

Economic Challenges Faced by Canadians with Disablities

Even the most cursory glance at the economic situation of people with disabilities in Canada paints a bleak picture: although 22% of…
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Yashan Chelliahpillai
Equality in the Great Equalizer; Overrepresentations of Race and Income in Special education…

Equality in the Great Equalizer; Overrepresentations of Race and In...

Ontario’s Special education schooling system promotes the inclusive right to education of all students. This is a sure shift from fifty…
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Inayayousaf
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Avoiding Ableist Language in Research and Incorporating Best Practices to Avoid Ableist Terminology

Avoiding Ableist Language in Research and Incorporating Best Practices to Avoid Ableist Terminology

By Michelle Rianto
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Michelle R
Closing the employment gap for post-secondary students and graduates with disabilities

Closing the employment gap for post-secondary students and graduate...

Ontario is home to nearly 50,000 post-secondary students with visible and non-visible disabilities. Typically, when these students…
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Michelle R
Accommodating with Disability Service Advisors

Accommodating with Disability Service Advisors

With the introduction of the pandemic, the landscape for education has shifted immensely. Facets of education that were once considered…
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Toney Lieu
Why we need a more Inclusive Education System for Teachers with Disabilities

Why we need a more Inclusive Education System for Teachers with Dis...

Research on teacher diversity, specifically the inclusion of teachers with disabilities is limited. Therefore, Ware et al. (2021) examined…
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Arabie Sathivel
What Barriers do Students with Disabilities Experience at University?

What Barriers do Students with Disabilities Experience at University?

García-González et al. (2021) conducted a study to identify the barriers that students with disabilities face at universities in Spain. A…
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Arabie Sathivel
Fixing the stats: The Shortage of

Fixing the stats: The Shortage of

In most cases, the Canadian health care system is considered to be a success — as a universal and decentralized system it has made health…
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Inayayousaf
Areas of Improvement for Accessible Education Moving into 2021–2022

Areas of Improvement for Accessible Education Moving into 2021–2022

The pandemic has introduced a plethora of new challenges for students over the past one and a half years. This stands especially true for…
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Toney Lieu
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