Ep. 9: Understanding Accommodations: IEPs 504 plans and Workplace Accommodations

Do you know what accommodations you can ask for as a disabled person? Do you know what accommodations are? In this episode we will be covering 

• What accommodations actually are and what they do and why they are important
• IEP plans what they are who is eligible and what they do
• 504 plans what they are who is eligible and what they do
• Workplace accommodations how you can get them and types of accommodations you can get
• How to start getting education accommodations 
• Examples of accommodations you could ask for in school and the workplace
• Accommodations in higher education
• What to do if you get denied accommodations 
• Misconceptions about accommodations 
• What accommodations actually look like
• Self advocacy in accommodations 

From this episode you will understand the different types of accommodations that are available to you in the education system and in the workplace and you will better understand what accommodations actually are and what they do and why they are so important for disabled people to be able to succeed in school or the workplace

Want to learn more about the struggles neurodivergent students have in school and more about being twice exceptional listen to episode 14 

Spotify 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1oTlaS32ofB33AqplCX7bF 

Apple Podcasts 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-14-why-neurodivergent-students-struggle-so-much/id6785985912?i=1000789782584 

Email me with stories questions or guest requests at

[email protected]

Find more information and full transcripts on my website

thinkdifferentpod.wordpress.com

Join the mailing list to start seeing the world a little differently

the-mind-map.beehiiv.com

If you aren’t already listening on YouTube my YouTube channel is called Minds That Think Differently and I post full episodes and clips.

https://youtube.com/@mindsthatthinkdifferently?si=yQgSMsZ7rZ8yxYxO