This post from the blog, Radical Neurodivergence Speaking, describes one individual’s efforts to make her apartment and her life accessible to her.
The author, “Neurodivergent K” has developed her own style to aid in remembering things. This system, or components borrowed from it, could be tremendously helpful to others who have executive function difficulties with organization.
Radical Neurodivergence Speaking: AUTISTIFYING MY HABITAT!!.
The Council for Disability Awareness (CDA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the American public about the risk and consequences of experiencing an income-interrupting illness or injury. The CDA engages in research, communications and educational activities that provide information and helpful resources to wage earners, employers, financial advisors, consultants and others who are concerned about the personal and financial impact a disability can have on wage earners and their families.
Council for Disability Awareness
To discover your own PDQ (Personal Disability Quotient) as well as facts and figures about the likelihood of disability, be sure to explore:
(How did you do on the Disability Awareness Quiz?)
Adaptive Design is a nonprofit that provides tailor-made furniture for children with disabilities. Design students and volunteers use cardboard to build pieces that will accommodate a child’s specific needs. For example, a young girl with low muscle tone could not sit upright without being propped in between an adult’s legs. To help her sit upright and read a book independently, the company made her a legless chair that looked like a sled with a back and attached a mesh strap. With this she was able to join her classmates in the reading circle without anyone’s aid.
The program is funded by grants and donations, and its Executive Director Alex Truesdell is looking to expand the work and its benefits to other students with disabilities. The solutions provided by the company are inexpensive and adaptable to a multitude of disabilities.
Full Story: Jim Dwyer, Using Cardboard to Bring Disabled Children Out of Exile of Wrong Furniture, New York Times, July 29, 2014.
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