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Jul 28, 2020, 6 tweets

1/ Take a look. Sunday was the 30th anniversary of the ADA. What have you done—large or small—to help design the world to be more inclusive? #DisabilityPrideMonth

2/ Read more about the StoryCorps & Disability Visability Project. Get the book. Consider adding your story. @StoryCorps disabilityvisibilityproject.com/how-to-partici…

3/ Read some first-person stories today. #ADA30InColor disabilityvisibilityproject.com/ada30/

4/ As many schools and parents consider the options for back-to-school, kids with disabilities must always be part of the conversation. If your school isn’t already talking about this, bring it up now. #BacktoSchool #DisabilityRights mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp

5/ When students embark on remote learning, online learning is a redesign, not a replication if in-person schools. Ask how your school is actively adapting accommodations to include everyone. #remotelearning #disabilityinclusion npr.org/2020/03/27/821…

6/ 26% of adults in US live with a disability. “Disability is mutable and every-evolving,” writes Alice Wong in Disability Visability. This isn’t about good intentions but about building a stronger society. Let’s “transform the status quo” for the variety of human experience.

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