Families of students with disabilities in BC worry about possible extended break. Read more:
#bced #bcpoli … More Families of students with disabilities in BC worry about possible extended break
UBC researchers and BCEdAccess partner in research on Inclusive Education – respond by Dec 20! #bced #bcedchat #bcpoli … More UBC and BCEdAccess partner in research on Inclusive Education – respond by Dec 20!
A 1989 government promised to eliminate child poverty. 30 years later (2018 data) we still have 1 in 5 children living in povertyin our province. There are 26 concrete recommendations in this report from First Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition … More 1 in 5 Children still living in poverty in BC according to Advocacy Coalition Report
Within the last year, BC parents paid for many services that should be provided in school or by Health or MCFD to be truly equitable, including tutoring, occupational therapy, psychoeducational assessments, and more. … More Exclusion Tracker Update
There are nearly 2000 students who have a disability designation in the Chilliwack school district, and many more students who are likely waiting for designation and/or assessment. This language impacts them. … More On Chilliwack Trustee Neufeld’s Ableism
Families of Kindergarten to Grade 12 students who need help during COVID-19 will have a chance to learn what they can expect from schools, through a series of free online conversations from the BCEdAccess Society. … More Free talks about access to education during COVID
This guest post was submitted by the Parent Advocacy Network for Public Education (PAN). BCEdAccess recognizes the critical role physical structures and spaces play in accessibility and inclusion for all students and we support PAN’s call to update these Standards. … More Guest Post – Building Schools Right – Area Standards in BC
Special Olympics BC has issued a challenge to all candidates in the 2020 provincial election: to end the deadly health inequality experienced by individuals with intellectual disabilities. … More Guest Post – People with Intellectual Disabilities Face Health Inequality
Across all major parties there is very little reference to disabled children, youth and adults in their election platforms. We have a wish list that we hope will be enacted by the new government and we hope you will ask your local candidates about some of these things! … More BC Election Wish List – 7 key asks from BCEdAccess
This post was written in support of one of BCEdAccess’ election wish list items – Standards of Practice for Education Assistants in BC. … More Election Wish List – Why Standards of Practice for Education Assistants in BC
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