Student Voices in DCSD Special Education: Bridge, Mild/Mod, and SSN Perspectives DCSEAC’s podcast features student voices for the first time, highlighting daily school experiences and strengths across Douglas County School District special education programs. Maria, a Bridge program student (ages 18–21 with IEPs), discusses political activism around Medicaid cuts, learning English after moving from Bulgaria, and her community-based job training, including an internship at Legacy Cafe with job coaches and EAs; she advises parents to be patient and attend conferences and IEP meetings, and notes she began joining her own IEP meetings in high school. Elementary student Carson, served in mild/mod, describes daily emotional check-ins with a school helper, using breaks, friendships, and music to focus, and asks about adding music as an IEP accommodation ...