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Leslie, Mykal; McMahon, Brian; Rumrill, Phillip; Strauser, David; Bergthold, Eileen – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2022
Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the workplace discrimination experiences of individuals with disabilities residing in the Midwest by exploring their allegations filed under Title I of the ADA from 1992 through 2016. Objective: The goals of this article are to describe region- and state-level patterns in workplace…
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Work Experience, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities
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Zirkel, Perry – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2019
Representing a sequel to a similar case law snapshot in mid-2010, this article provides an updated overview of the judicial and administrative case law concerning students with traumatic and nontraumatic brain injury in the P-12 school context. The scope is limited to cases under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the pair of…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Court Litigation
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Subramaniam, Mega; Oxley, Rebecca; Kodama, Christie – School Library Research, 2013
Many scholarly studies investigating school library services provided to students with special needs primarily address aspects of collaboration with special education (SPED) teachers in an immersed school environment. Scarcely studied are ways that school library programs (SLPs) empower students in schools serving only students with a specific…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Special Education Teachers, Special Needs Students, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Golden, Thomas P. – 1994
This brief paper summarizes requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 related to employment of people who have a brain injury. The following topics are addressed: what is meant by a brain injury; implications of the ADA for individuals who have sustained a brain injury (such as the importance of identifying essential job…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Equal Protection
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Rader, Martha C.; And Others – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1995
Traumatic brain injury was included as a disability category in the 1990 Individuals with Disabilities Act, which mandates appropriate services to TBI students and poses challenges to educators. This article discusses some of these challenges, including assessment, definition of appropriate services, functioning in classrooms, dealing with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Head Injuries
Courtney, Linda J., Ed. – 1994
This manual is designed to provide resource managers, advocates, and social service personnel with information about the integration of community services for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The materials encompass the values of independence, productivity, and integration in the delivery of resources and services to persons with TBI.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Employment, Etiology