Making a Case for the IEP Diploma When It Comes to Employment

• By: Danielle Levine Self-Advocate AHRC New York City
• June 25th, 2021
• actually autistic, advocacy, diploma, discrimination, employment, IEP, IEP diploma, job applications, self-advocacy, Summer 2021 Issue
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I was the girl who was afraid of her own shadow. I was afraid of a lot of things. I was afraid about what people might think. People always doubted me. I was too nervous to speak in front of people. I would never go on stage. I was afraid to do anything. A school social worker once told my...