Odessa, Texas/October 6, 2022-The Ector County ISD 18 Plus Transition Learning Center located at 1111 W. 12th Street hosted the National Disability Employment Awareness Month Kick-Off Ceremony. Local and State political representatives along with ECISD school board trustees attended the ceremony.
(Dallas Kennedy, ECISD Transition Felicitator-Ector County ISD-Odessa, Texas)
Students participate in a variety of activities in combination of classroom and community-based environments for individuals with disabilities who are 18 to 21 years-of-age and have met all their high school requirements.
(Micah Pettigrew, Special Education Supervisor Over Autism, Homebound and 18+-Ector County ISD-Odessa, Texas)
Texas State Representative Brooks Landgraf, District 81 authored House Bill 119 known as Daniel’s Law, which prohibits organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of certain disabilities. ECISD’s 18 Plus Transition Learning Center provides services and resources for students with disabilities and also for their families as they transition from school to life after high school graduation.
(Brooks Landgraf, District 81-Texas State Representative)
Dallas Kennedy Ector County ISD Transition Felicitator spoke passionately to the business community, Odessa City Council representatives, the Odessa Chamber and to State officials of the importance of persons with disabilities be employed.
(Dallas Kennedy, ECISD Transition Felicitator-Ector County ISD-Odessa, Texas)
The Ector County ISD 18 Plus Transition Center students learn and use skills necessary to function independently as possible.
(Jadon Talley, Ector County 18+ Transition Center-Student)
(Carlos Casas, Jr., Ector County 18+ Transition Center-Student)
(Joshua Gomez, Ector County 18+ Transition Center-Student)
Students participate in a variety of activities so that the last day of school is identical to the first day of the rest of their lives.
For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera
