ERIC Number: ED491247
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005-May
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
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Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
US Department of Education
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education is providing the information in this pamphlet to explain the rights and responsibilities of students with disabilities who are preparing to attend postsecondary schools. This pamphlet also explains the obligations of a postsecondary school to provide academic adjustments, including auxiliary aids and services, to ensure that the school does not discriminate on the basis of disability.
Descriptors: Pamphlets, Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Student Rights, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), College Bound Students, High School Students, Student Responsibility, Access to Education
ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827 (Toll Free); Web site: http://www.edpubs.org.
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC.
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