Learners with Disabilities

Welcome to the LINCS Community Learners with Disabilities group!

The target audience for this group includes adult education practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and allies. The focus of the group is to explore needs and concerns related to serving learners with learning differences and learning disabilities  in adult education. 

Topics discussed include:

• Screening for identification of disabilities and applying prevention strategies related to acquired disability
• Implementing teaching practices to support inclusion and equitable outcomes for all learners
• Incorporating classroom strategies, accommodations, and assistive technologies for accommodating learners with disabilities
• Exploring processes for ensuring learners benefit from appropriate support services

To join the group, follow the steps below: 

• Create a LINCS Account.
• Log in to LINCS with your account credentials, return to this page, and click on "Join Group" on left menu.

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• Click on your profile name in the upper right.
• Select My Subscriptions from the drop-down menu.
• Under Master Switch and Site-Wide Announcements select the “Enabled” radio buttons to ensure you receive email notifications.
• Scroll down to Group Subscriptions and select the “Immediate” or “Daily” option for this group.
• Scroll to the bottom and select the “Save Configuration” button. You should now receive email notifications whenever there is new group content.

Get started by exploring our Discussions, Bulletins, and Events pages (see left menu) and please introduce yourself to the group so we can get to know you better.

We look forward to your contributions to the group!