CapABLE

Special thank you to for having me as a guest speaker this week! This was a great group of students & I throughly enjoyed sharing my inclusion training with you💛

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WE’RE HIRING! Join CapABLE as a Social Media Intern & be a voice for change in the disability community✨

If you're passionate about storytelling, branding, & promoting inclusivity in & out of the classroom, this opportunity is for you!

Let's work together to & . If you’re interested, please email your resume to [email protected]. For more details, shoot us a DM! Apply today and be part of our journey towards a more inclusive future. 💪

For more details, shoot us a DM!

YOU NEED DISABILITY INCLUSIVE BOOKS IN YOUR HOME! ♿️

And here's why...according to a study done in 2019 by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, only 3.4% of children’s literature features disabled m main characters. For perspective, the CDC finds that 26% of Americans identify with having a disability, with the percentage actually being higher in the south. See a problem?

So what's the book all about?

Josiah’s Big Day is a story about a young student who uses a power wheelchair that is left out of his school’s field day activities. Josiah and his friends, Cami, Samantha, and Charlie, notice that there are not any games or activities available for students who use wheelchairs, like Josiah. The concerned group of five students take it upon themselves to talk to the teacher in charge of planning field day, express their concern over the lack of inclusive activities, and present an alternative list of activities that are inclusive. Through the power of teamwork, these four friends, or the "CapABLE Crew," Josiah, as well as all the other students who use wheelchairs or similar equipment, will be able to experience inclusivity and participate in all the games on field day.

I'm in! Where can I find the book?

Click on the link in our bio to purchase "Josiah's Big Day!" If you're a south Mississippi local, you can purchase a copy in Hattiesburg, Miss. at T-Bones Records and Café or The Author Shoppe, or at Southern Turnings in Wiggins, Miss.!

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we want to celebrate how far we have come as a society in terms of accessibility, but also acknowledge how far we have to go.

Accessibility takes everyone - those with disabilities and those without disabilities. Educate yourself, equip others, and empower all.

Your voice matters. Your vote matters.

Recently, our founder represented CapABLE as a featured speaker at the 2022 Fall Leadership Conference for the Postsecondary Student Organizations.

The presentation discussed leveraging the power and influence of social media to promote a mission, further goals, and how that plays into building the CapABLE brand.

Still have questions about implementing CapABLE into your character education curriculum? Check out these testimonials from individuals across the field of education whose students have been positively impacted by CapABLE!

CapABLE is all about empowering students to embrace their superpowers. What’s your superpower? Let us know in the comments ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We’ve been talking a lot about books in our story lately, so we wanted to share a reminder about our book, Josiah’s Big Day!

You can order your copy on our website by clicking the link in our bio. All proceeds go towards helping CapABLE continue to provide free resources for teachers!

Did you know…CapABLE offers two different character education curricula for teachers?

The first is for K-3 students and the second is for grades 4-6 and has a STEM focus.

Each program is five days and includes an story, activity, and critical thinking section. The STEM edition was developed to create an awareness and understanding of how these elements of academia are intertwined in inclusion and everyday life.

Book worm🐛

We absolutely love seeing students enjoying Josiah’s Big Day! It’s so important that children - ALL children - are represented in media. In books, television, advertisements, etc.

Josiah’s Big Day! combines disability inclusion, advocacy, team work, and standing up for yourself and for your friends into one story. To purchase your own copy, click on the link in our bio. We would love to share this story with you🖤