Education Issues (Disabilities) « Disabilities – Other Issues
- Information below relates to people with physical disabilities.
- See Education – Special for learning and developmental disabilities issues.
Articles
- Charting a Course After High School (Education Week – 3/13/09)
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act calls for schools to help students develop a plan that will carry them to college or the workplace, but the requirement remains a challenge for familes and educators alike.
Patti's Comment: This article frustrates me because it is so sad and so true. Schools still do a poor job of transition planning for students with disabilities. - Dear Colleague Letter: Access by Students with Disabilities to Accelerated Programs (U.S. Dept. of Education)
A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights advising of an issue involving students with disabilities seeking enrollment in challenging academic programs. - Disabilities Fight Grows as Taxes Pay for Tuition (New York Times – Oct. 27, 2007)
A case that became a flash point in special education, pitting parents against school systems that say they cannot afford to pay to privately educate disabled children whose parents reject their proposed placements. - Do Kids with Disabilities Strain or Strengthen our Schools? (Business Week – 9/09)
The life of Samuel, a fourth grader with cerebral palsy whose odysseys and those of four others with disabilities are chronicled in the award-winning documentary, "Including Samuel." The film chronicles the efforts of Dan, his wife, Betsy, and their older son, Isaiah, to involve Samuel in every part of their lives and in the public schools in their hometown of Concord, N.H. - Federal Court Orders Oakland University to Pay $101,676 in Discrimination Case (Oakland Press – 6/25/10)
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service has been awarded $101,676 in attorney fees following a legal battle with Oakland University to allow an intellectually disabled man to live in a campus dorm. - Invisible Disabilities and Postsecondary Education (Disabled World)
A video focusing on how to accommodate students whose disabilities are not readily apparent, also called invisible disabilities. Invisible Disabilities are certain kinds of disabilities that are not immediately apparent to others. It is estimated that 10% of people in the U.S. have a medical condition which could be considered a type of invisible disability. - Keeping All Students Safe (Our Children Left Behind)
Often, when negotiating over state or federal legislation or even school district policy, aimed at promoting the use of restraint and other forms of aversive (read: abusive) tactics against children with disabilities, lawmakers, administrators and others want to propose to us the “worst case scenario.” Even if they do not call it a “worst case scenario,” you can sense its nature through its hopeless air, its lack of salient details and its characterization of a person with a disability as an object of fear and a ticking time bomb, ready to “go off” at any minute. - Miller Bill: Letter to COPAA requesting they remove sponsorship for the Miller Bill
(Dee Alpert, The Stan Appell-Jean Alpert School Restraints and Abuse Fund) - Minnesota Parents Work Toward More Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Catholic Schools (Media dis&dat – 1/4/09)
A child with Down syndrome is told by school it wasn't able to provide the special support she needs. - Protecting Students with Disabilities: FAQ's About Section 504 and the Education with Children with Disabilities (LD online)
An important goal of the Office for Civil Rights is to foster partnerships between school districts and parents to address the needs of students with disabilities. - Providing Reasonable Accommodations to Individuals with Disabilities in Internship Sites and Postdoctoral Internship Positions (American Psychological Assn.)
This article examines how doctoral internships and postdoctoral residencies can provide reasonable accommodations and ensure equal access once sites have provided admission to otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities. - Rights for Children vs. Rights for Adults with Disabilities (Autism Support Network)
Children with disabilities are entitled to receive a “free and appropriate public education (FAPE),” but what about adults? As many parents find out, sometimes late in the game, there are major differences between the services their child (more or less automatically) received during the K-12 school years, versus what can be expected in adult. - School Nurses and Diabetes Care (Bella Online)
Families of California children with insulin dependent diabetes were frustrated and angry over a California Superior Court ruling that eliminated a long sought provision allowing trained non-licensed school staff to administer insulin when a school nurse is not available. - Shortening School Day for Students Using Accessible Bus, Not Providing Accessible Parking or Playground Violated 504
In an Office for Civil Rights (OCR) decision, Sierra Vista (AZ) Unified School District, 54 IDELR 35 (OCR, July 10, 2009) OCR found a violation of 504 when students who used an accessible school bus, arrived at school 10 minutes late in the morning and had to leave class early in the afternoon to use the bus. The parents of a student who used a wheelchair had filed a complaint because of the shortened school day. - The Post-High School Outcomes of Youth With Disabilities up to 4 Years After High School (National Center for Special Education Research)
The National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), funded by the National Center for Special Education Research at the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, provides a unique source of information to help in developing an understanding of the experiences of secondary school students with disabilities nationally as they go through their early adult years.
Publications
Organizations & Services
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
A leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities. - Services for Students with Disabilities (University of Michigan)
University of Michigan takes great pride in the academic and personal achievements of its many students with disabilities. The University is committed to providing equal and integrated access for students with disabilities.
