Hello Everyone! I am back from vacation and ready to roll!
This summer I am going to be breaking down the Duty to Accommodate into a weekly blog series that will be posted every Sunday night and will continue during the summer.
Why?
What I am witnessing is this. 👉Parents who use human rights language in their advocacy are experiencing higher rates of success in getting their kids the accommodations they need.
I am going to be REALLY breaking down the duty to accommodate. Into weekly digestible accessible chunks. We will look at where the written authority comes from for all of this, as well as key language words. By the end, I am not going to just provide you fish, I will be teaching you HOW to fish. Because context and learning how to apply the duty to accommodate to your specific situation is what is going to make all the magic happen.
You don’t need to be a lawyer to understand this stuff. We can all learn about human rights and how to apply them. Human rights are constantly evolving and advancing. The schools want you to think that this stuff is more complicated than it actually is.
First blog coming July 13th. Let’s get rolling!
I also wanted to take the time to mention that this month is my 4-year anniversary of starting up Speaking Up BC. 😁😁😁
4 years ago I decided to launch a website. The goal was to share with other parent(s)/guardians all the information that I was learning along the way. Everything that I wish I knew earlier. So many things I found to be hidden in education, and it felt by chance I was stumbling along and learning all of this. So much unbelievable stuff was happening. I trusted way too many people who, as it turns out, absolutely did not have my children’s best interests at heart. I would have given anything to have someone warn me. I was so desperate for information, seeking, searching, for anything that would help my children.
So, I started up my own website, and I started posting information about the external complaint systems I was navigating and started blogging. Writing to me gives me peace. One thing is super clear to me over the years. We are very powerful when we network and share information. People need support. It’s really hard to do this on our own. And so I attempt to be a lighthouse. Take it or leave it. Up to you. But I am here. And I am never shutting up.