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Direct linkKim, Mikyong Minsun; Williams, Brenda C. – Disability & Society, 2012
This phenomenological study aims at understanding lived experiences of college seniors and recent college graduates with physical disabilities seeking employment opportunities after graduation in the USA The extensive interviews revealed that participants' attitudes about and experiences with disability are diverse (pain to pride, denied…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Credentials, Physical Disabilities, Employment Opportunities
Download full textYoung, Jonathan M. – National Council on Disability, 2010
In this paper the author offers a reprint of "Equality of Opportunity: The Making of the Americans with Disabilities Act" (July 26, 1997). This personal story is part and parcel of the ADA's (Americans with Disabilities Act) significance in the society. The ADA is a nondiscrimination law. It is a clarion call for transforming attitudes…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Advocacy
Rose, Raymond M. – North American Council for Online Learning, 2007
There are a variety of different approaches to providing virtual education and significant program differences. This Issues Brief describes a process all virtual education programs should undertake to help best ensure all students have access to the educational opportunities provided by the program. The focus of this Issues Brief is to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Online Courses, Virtual Classrooms
Chinn, Philip C. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2004
Although the 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education" U.S. Supreme Court decision changed the face of American education forever, few individuals at that time could have fully realized its far-reaching implications. Certainly, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Director Thurgood Marshall in his arguments was…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation
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
