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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Accommodations must be provided where applicable. Rules differ for K-12 and higher education.
It gives people the opportunity to take on new challenges and to make changes for their lives
Compliance is vital for the accommodation process.
Everyone should have equal opportunity.
Schools are legally required to support students with disabilities.
I learned about the institutional requirements for students with disabilities. And also the accommodations
This gives a better description of differences set forth between 504 and ADA laws. It also helps differentiate the difference between K-12 "disabilities" and higher education requirements. Working with accommodations for higher education, students are limited by the students ability to perform with the availability of those accommodations.
I learned about accomodations and institutional requirements for students with disabilities.
I learned more about what accommodations are required and which ones are not and the why behind it.
It is always useful to remind yourself as instructor the idea around "reasonable" accommodations and case-to-case approach.
I learned that communication training and behavioral therapy can assist someone with Asperger's syndrome to be successful.
Service animals are protected under the ADA but emotional support animals are not.
You should not consider a language as a disability problem
Language is not considered a handicap symptom
Understanding of the treatment of students with special needs and how to give them the equal opportinuty .
I have learned that all individuals need to be treated fairly and with accommodations for people with disability.
It is important to understand that the purpose of making accommodations in a learning environment is to ensure equal access to opportunity.
I learned the three-pronged definition. 1. Those who have a disability, 2) history of disability 3) regarded as having a disability.
It gives everyone equal opportunity to life
