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Direct linkMitchell L. Yell; M. Renee Bradley – Exceptionality, 2024
In 1974, the Education for all Handicapped Protection Act was signed into law by President Gerald Ford. This law which was renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1990, established a federal entitlement to special education for eligible students with disabilities. In 1982 and again in 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Slaughter, Mary Hall; Lindstrom, Jennifer H.; Anderson, Rubia – Exceptionality, 2022
Students with disabilities often take tests using extended time accommodations, which provide students with additional time to complete tests in order to reduce the impact of their disability on their scores. At the postsecondary level, students with disabilities must take the initiative to seek and request accommodations, and their perceptions of…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Testing Accommodations, Undergraduate Students
Zirkel, Perry A. – Exceptionality, 2019
This brief article addresses the question of whether the Individuals with Disabilities Act or Section 504 and its sister statute, the Americans with Disabilities Act, provides for the liability of special educators and other public school personnel for money damages. The analysis synthesizes the applicable case law under these federal disability…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Squires, Maureen E.; Countermine, Brad – Exceptionality Education International, 2018
Throughout the United States, students with disabilities (SWD) are entering higher education in greater numbers than in the past; they also encounter barriers that negatively impact their college experience. This qualitative study explores the challenges of SWD at a public comprehensive college in the northeastern United States. Our research…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Barriers, College Environment
