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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Parsons, Lynn D. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2006
Many students with disabilities have difficulty acquiring social skills, especially those necessary for employment. Students with autism struggle because of problems with (1) theory of mind; (2) reading facial expressions; (3) auditory processing problems; and (4) a lack of exposure to social conventions. Virtual reality and video have been used…
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Video Technology, Secondary School Students
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Lock, Robin H.; Layton, Carol A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2001
Discussion of self-advocacy for postsecondary students with learning disabilities considers learning characteristics, self-advocacy as a critical transition skill, identification of intrinsic processing abilities, developing a self-advocacy plan, and the increasing need for postsecondary accommodations. Insets include a sample self-advocacy plan,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), College Students, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education