Legal Obligations and Opportunities | Origin: CM251
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Students with Disabilities: Legal Obligations and Opportunities --> Legal Obligations and Opportunities
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ADA and section 504 legally provide equal access and accommodations for students with disabilities.
I learned that institutions must provide reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities under ADA and Section 504 while protecting FERPA-protected privacy.
Disabilities need to be supported. The ADA helps us with guidlines.
I learn that dealing wth these issues can be sensitive, and I must be careful not to offend my students by not knowing how to approach and direct them to the right person who can help with their accommodation.
ADA and 504 form help those with a disabilities have equal access and opportunities
An emotional support animal is not protected under law.
California has taken significant steps in 2025 to strengthen legal obligations and expand opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
Students with disabilities have the right to equal access to educational opportunities, and are also still held accountable for any disruptive actions or behaviors in the post secondary setting. "The presence of disability may explain why they engaged in such behavior, but it does not excuse it."
I learned that this training is necessary to understand the different kinds of disabilities that children may have and this will help me understand them more as I was exposed to a wide array of disabilities. I will know what to look out for and how to better assist the student. Additionally, schools are obligated to make sure everyone receives equal opportunity throughout and cannot discriminate based on disabilities and there are programs and accommodations that can assist them through these difficult times.
Interesting to find out more background to the ADA. Both Section 504 and the ADA are essential in higher education (public and private institutions) ensuring students with disabilities receive fair treatment and the necessary accommodations to have equal access to facilities, programs, activities, academic materials and opportunities that are normally available to their non-disabled counterparts.
The ADA does not only provide rules regarding building disability access, but also to guidelines to protect students with disabilities by ensuring that they have the same access to learning and the curriculum as their differently-abled classmates.
schools need to think about the students with disabilities and how there struggles need certain accommodations and they need to be equal
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt quoted, "We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought."
It took 50 years for the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) under President George H. Bush, July 26, 1990, who had echoed a similar sentiment: "Together, we must remove the physical barriers we have created and the social barriers that we have accepted."
I learned that schools have legal obligations to ensure students with disabilities have equal access to education through accommodations and support
I learned what may define a disability and why education providers provide proper accommodations. I also learned that accommodations for the disabled are essential to give them a fair chance in learning and testing.
ADA and section 504 taught me that Schools are legally required to provide equal access and appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities. However, these rules also help classify what could be regarded as a disability by the school's definition.
In the spirit of the law everyone has a right to equal opportunity. An accommodation levels the playing field. It will be very interesting to watch civil liberties that will be dismantled under the current administration. Currently, civil rights and other protections under the law, are being dismantled; this can extend to people and populations with disabilities.
It is great information to know and I learned a lot about ADA and section 504.
We got something right. Nice to know 504 and ADA are laws, leaves not room to be subjective
