Additional Resources
Free special education resources available to families including advocacy and disability rights.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law that has been in effect since 1975 and states:
“Almost 30 years of research and experience has demonstrated that the education of children with disabilities can be made more effective by having high expectations for such children and ensuring their access to the general education curriculum in the regular classroom, to the maximum extent possible.”
IDEA regulations also state that, “to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are non-disabled; and special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only if the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services* cannot be achieved satisfactorily.” 34 CFR 300.114(a)(2)(i-ii).
While in my Tech Culture class at UTD in 2024, we were assigned a project: Show how you can use technology to address a social cause you are passionate about. I made a video as my project and chose to talk about how important it is to make responsible choices when you select the words you use.
- Alex White
"This isn't litigation run by a lot of rapacious lawyers, you know. This is litigation being run by parents who are trying to do right by their kids."
- Justice Elena Kagan.
When given the proper skills, knowledge, and resources anything is possible! As Albert Einstein once said: "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." Accepting and including someone with differences is the 1st step in changing this mindset and eventually our world. My next goal is getting my college degree!
- Alex White
My final project in my Design 1 Class at the UTD in 2025: Create a billboard with an important message! #A+
- Alex White