Treat everyone as individuals, respecting and appreciating what they bring to the table. Don't make assumptions about anyone based on their race, ethnicity, gander or prior experiences.  We are all different and we should celebrate how our differences together make the world a better place.

Glad to see there are apps to support these students. 

Accommodation vs. modification 

Often people with learning disabilities are great problem solvers. 

I'm surprised the percentage of people that have a learning disability.

The only issue I have with holistic assessment is that all students should be able to choose between it and standardized assessment. I had a professor who was popular with foreign students. In his classes, as part of the grade, a student could write a 5-page term paper or type their notes and present them. The foreign students who usually were English-limited almost always chose the notes, but at least every student was given the two options. In my situation I have allowed Spanish-only students to do their written work in Spanish, but in the future I might be more… >>>

I've always found it ironic that native-born Americans who only speak English will look down on an immigrant because they don't speak English when often they speak their mother tongue plus some English and often many other languages in cases where their country of origin was once colonized by France or Spain. I have been guilty of assuming because they are ESL, they are not intelligent or lack literacy.

One area I can work on is not using English phrases that cannot be translated literally since we often have Spanish, Swahili, and Russian speaking students. One example would be "to knock it out of the park."

I have to admit, so far, so good. I really expected this to be from a certain perspective, but I don't see anything that I disagree with. I do think we are a bit too sensitive with some stereotypes because some are based on reality. I wish we could laugh at each other like we used to without becoming offended.

Working in the field with pediatric patients, I have seen my share of those with ASD and was aware of several of the signs and symptoms and while I incidence of diagnosis grew in the past few years, I was unaware of the statistics.