Launched by the government in May 2020, the digital platform My Disability Journey is a single point of entry for information, orientation and services for persons with disabilities. Since October 11, 2021, a new
Schooling
offers parents of students with disabilities the keys to accompany their children's school journey.
Announced at the Interdepartmental Committee on Disability in November 2020, the Schooling of My Disability Journey opened on 11 october 2021. Aimed at parents, students with disabilities and information relays, this new section answers all their questions about the different courses of schooling, the possibilities of assistance, support and accompaniment, the steps to be taken and allows to quickly identify the right interlocutors.
This expansion of the platform is in line with the recommendation of the High Health Authority (HAS) of 7 September 2021 on improving the educational outcomes of children with disabilities or children with protection.
New section Education
This topic contains information about:
Main principles of school for all: the founding texts of the right to education for all (law of 11 february 2005 and law of 8 july 2013), the main principles and some applications in favor of the integration of children with disabilities into the highlights of school life (school trips and trips, company courses, examination tests) which follow from them.
Approaches and opportunities to support the education of children with disabilities: enrolling my child with a disability in school, file with the MDPH, the GEVA-sco, different possibilities of support for schooling.
School pathway from elementary school to high school: different courses of schooling, schooling in a school, schooling in a medico-social institution, home instruction.
Educational guidance opportunities: preparing and choosing your orientation, what to do after elementary school or middle school, different possible orientation paths after middle school, Affelnet-lycée, the procedure of assigning students to high school, changing your path or specialty in high school, what to do after high school.
Monitoring and support opportunities for students with disabilities: Accompaniments accessible by all pupils without notification of the MDPH, Accompaniments notified by the MDPH, medical-social and health care accompaniments, home teaching accompaniment at the hospital or school.
Rights to compensation and educational support for children with disabilities: right to compensation, financial aid, aid for autonomy, possibilities for adjustment and adaptation, aid for integration and integration into the labor market.
The School section also offers video testimonials. As part of a user-centered approach, this section was co-built with parents of children with disabilities.
FYI
By the beginning of 2021, 400,000 children with disabilities had been welcomed to school.
My Disability Journey Topics
My Disability Pathway supports people with disabilities, it offers the following information and topics:
Rights, Aid and Approaches: file with the MDPH, applications for aid and social benefits, employment and training aid, transport aid.
Education: different courses of schooling from kindergarten to high school, support and support possibilities, measures to compensate for disability, assistance for schooling, steps to be taken.
Employment and working life: finding one's path, looking for a job, getting support for employment and specific measures to work with one's disability and keep one's job. Vocational training: training to develop skills, access employment, stay in the job, change jobs, create jobs.
Alternate training: alternance and disability, apprenticeship contract, professionalization contract, finding a company or organization for work-linked training.
News.
Accessible and useful online services for individuals.
Accessible and useful online services for professionals.
to share your experiences, contribute to the development of the platform during workshops or interviews, test accessibility, be informed.
The My Disability Path portal offers easy-to-read and easy-to-understand factsheets produced by the National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy (Cnsa) in partnership with the departmental homes for people with disabilities (MDPH).
Please note
My Disability Pathway is intended to be enriched, this platform will eventually offer content covering the entire life course of persons with disabilities: employment, vocational training, disability announcement, parenthood and education, health, social and cultural life, housing, transport, age advancement, retirement...
