{"id":2455,"date":"2017-03-30T10:20:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T15:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2017-03-30T10:17:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T15:17:54","slug":"2455","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2455","title":{"rendered":"No More De Minimis: NFB\u2019s Chris Danielsen on the IDEA Supreme Court Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1053\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2455-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/IDEA_Interview.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/IDEA_Interview.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/IDEA_Interview.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Chris Danielsen, Director of Public Relations for the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) explains the recent Supreme Court decision that strengthens the Individuals with disabilities Education Act. No longer can educators simply reinforce low expectations by not challenging students with disabilities, a meaningful education steps up the definition of appropriate public education which is the key language for the IDEA. Join Chris Danielsen and Jeff Thompson as they walk through what the unanimous Supreme Court decision means for the Blind and Disabled communities.<!--more--><br \/>\nYou can contact Chris Danielsen Director of Public Relations National Federation of the Blind by <a href=\"mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org\">E-mail:<\/a><br \/>\nThank you for listening.<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1055\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2455-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/IDEA_Interview.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/IDEA_Interview.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/IDEA_Interview.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/IDEA_Interview.mp3Chris Danielsen, Director of Public Relations for the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) explains the recent Supreme Court decision that strengthens the Individuals with disabilities Education Act. No longer can educators simply reinforce low expectations by not challenging students with disabilities, a meaningful education steps up the definition of appropriate public education which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,373,263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-career","category-college"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6rcRg-2455","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3317,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3317","url_meta":{"origin":2455,"position":0},"title":"ADA Being Attacked!! 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