October is Disability History and Awareness Month
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Schools in the Wake County Public School System have received comprehensive information to support sharing with our students the contributions and challenges of people with disabilities this October. In 2007 Governor Mike Easley signed Senate Bill 753 into law, which designates October as Disability History and Awareness Month to ensure that all students are provided rich and meaningful learning opportunities about people with disabilities.
WCPSS Special Education Services has compiled an array of resources for teachers, media specialists, and administrators. In addition to facilitating a general awareness of disabilities, Special Education Services provides special focus on one area of disability yearly. In 2009 the additional focus is on autism.
We are providing copies of these resources for public review, and we encourage families and community groups to share this information. Please note that these resources are a mix of Adobe Reader, MS Word, Powerpoint and plain text documents. Some documents will download to your hard drive and instead of opening in your browser window.