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Direct linkLeonard Donell Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2023
College students with disabilities face institutional challenges related to pursuing their education. In addition to the developmental changes that occur during young adulthood, these students also must overcome obstacles involving inaccessible environments, programs, services, and instructional approaches. Colleges and other service providers are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, College Students
Download full textKarger, Joanne – National Center on Accessible Educational Materials, 2021
The purpose of this brief is to help families and educators understand the right of students with disabilities who need accessible educational materials to receive these materials in a timely manner. This right is based on provisions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as well as in the disability civil rights statutes…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Students with Disabilities, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedGreen, Ravonne A. – Journal of Access Services, 2009
Legal issues have increasingly come to the forefront in academic libraries in recent years. Most of these issues involve The Rehabilitation Act, Section 504 (1973) or Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), complaints related to discriminatory practices with regard to accommodations or assistive technologies. This article provides a brief synopsis…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Technology, Academic Libraries, Legal Problems
PEPNet, 2009
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), amended in 2008, is a federal law intended to eliminate discrimination against people with disabilities. It applies to employers, state and local government agencies, places of public accommodation, transportation facilities, telephone companies, and the U.S. Congress. Under Title II of the ADA,…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Federal Legislation, Partial Hearing, Disabilities
National Council on Disability, Washington, DC. – 2002
This National Council on Disability (NCD) report describes the nation's progress in advancing public policies to increase the inclusion, empowerment, and independence of people with disabilities of all ages, consistent with the vision of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The report covers December 2000 through December 2001. It reviews…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Assistive Technology, Civil Rights
Stapleton, David C., Ed.; Burkhauser, Richard V., Ed. – 2003
This book includes revised presentations from an October 2001 meeting of the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Cornell Rehabilitation Research and Training Center that considered the validity of current data for measuring trends in the employment rate of people with disabilities and investigated the causes and…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Chronic Illness, Data Interpretation
Simon, Jo Anne, Comp. – PEPNet-Northeast, 1999
When Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, it included Section 504 which forbade discrimination against persons with disabilities by programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance, which included virtually every institution of higher education, except the U.S. military academies and a few small religious schools. This was…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2003
With its definitions of individuals' and employers' rights and obligations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a mandate and a statement of our moral and ethical values as a culture. Persons with disabilities and employers must apply ADA's "triple standard" of reasonable accommodations for performing essential job functions…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Adults, Affirmative Action
National Council on Disability, Washington, DC. – 2002
This report (written in Spanish) of the National Council on Disability (NCD) describes the nation's progress in advancing public policies to increase the inclusion, empowerment, and independence of people with disabilities in light of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The report covers December 2000 through December 2001. It reviews…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Assistive Technology, Civil Rights
