Education Secretary Linda McMahon is currently on a "Returning Education to the States Tour," traveling state to state to promote the dismantling of the Department of Education.

Each July our community observes Disability Pride Month. It’s a time to celebrate our experiences and show the world how people with disabilities move through and experience that world in a variety of different ways and that we live rich and rewarding lives that have value.

On June 12, the Supreme Court made it easier for students with disabilities to sue school districts that don’t offer them the “free, appropriate public education” they are entitled to under federal law. This “includes adhering to every detail of a student’s individualized education plan, or IEP—even when it means hiring staff, building a specialized classroom setting, or sending a student to an external provider,” Education Week explains.

But here’s the thing. Resolutions don’t have to be grand gestures. They don’t have to be about overhauling your life. In fact, sweeping resolutions tend to fail because it takes more than a change in the calendar to make something happen. It takes thoughtful consideration, realistic expectations, and planning.

It is too easy for those whose lives are not touched by disability to largely forget that people with disabilities exist. Everyone has something they take for granted and for many people those things are what they consider mundane: driving a car, climbing the stairs as they head into the office, going to a therapy appointment, returning at the end of the day to a comfortable home that meets their needs and doesn’t exceed their budget. 

But here’s the thing. Resolutions don’t have to be grand gestures. They don’t have to be about overhauling your life. In fact, sweeping resolutions tend to fail because it takes more than a change in the calendar to make something happen. It takes thoughtful consideration, realistic expectations, and planning.

It is too easy for those whose lives are not touched by disability to largely forget that people with disabilities exist. Everyone has something they take for granted and for many people those things are what they consider mundane: driving a car, climbing the stairs as they head into the office, going to a therapy appointment, returning at the end of the day to a comfortable home that meets their needs and doesn’t exceed their budget. 

But here’s the thing. Resolutions don’t have to be grand gestures. They don’t have to be about overhauling your life. In fact, sweeping resolutions tend to fail because it takes more than a change in the calendar to make something happen. It takes thoughtful consideration, realistic expectations, and planning.

It’s a new year and you know what that means: resolutions! And lots of people discussing resolutions. And some people actually making and keeping resolutions.

But here’s the thing. Resolutions don’t have to be grand gestures. They don’t have to be about overhauling your life. In fact, sweeping resolutions tend to fail because it takes more than a change in the calendar to make something happen. It takes thoughtful consideration, realistic expectations, and planning.

It’s a new year and you know what that means: resolutions! And lots of people discussing resolutions. And some people actually making and keeping resolutions.

But here’s the thing. Resolutions don’t have to be grand gestures. They don’t have to be about overhauling your life. In fact, sweeping resolutions tend to fail because it takes more than a change in the calendar to make something happen. It takes thoughtful consideration, realistic expectations, and planning.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are not bad words. In fact, diversity, equity, and inclusion are life-changing for people who have historically been discriminated against, denied the accommodations they need to participate in public life, and left out of the decision-making process, even when the decisions being made directly affect their lives.