Legal Obligations and Opportunities | Origin: CM251
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Students with Disabilities: Legal Obligations and Opportunities --> Legal Obligations and Opportunities
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
I learned that colleges must provide reasonable accommodations, but the students generally must request the accommodations first.
I learned about who these laws and policies target and will utilize it for my future endeavors as a person.
Happy to know all opportunities are provided to everyone who didn't think they would have a chance in their chosen field
I learned that people with disabilities have the right to protection from discrimination and are also qualified for equal consequences.
Equal opportunitys for everyone helps
ADA and section 504 gives students with disibilites rights.
I learned that students with disabilities are allowed to receive accommodations due to section 504 and the ADA
I have learned that students with disabilities have the right to accommodations under Section 504 and the ADA.
Section 504 and the Disabilities Act helped millions of people across the nation become more independent and involved in their own lives. Prior to this people with a disability didn't attend classes as much on their own if at all. Society wasn't ready or had the patience to give aid to those with a disability.
The 504 and ADA laws passed so that people with disabilities will not be discriminated against when it comes to getting an education or employment.
I learned that if Federal funding is allowed to ONE student, it must be available to all students. Specifically during the 1980's; Pell Grant citing. ADA compliance in 1990 and amended in 2008 grants rights to disabled students to have access with reasonable accommodations under Title II for public institutions and Title III for private ones.
Although students with disabilities only have the "right" to access, the spirit of the Law is such that institutions should accommodate students needing assistance as much as possible.
People with disabilities have rights that provide accommodations but not necessarily anything specific such as, an automatic door, or large viewing screen, etc. Items such as these are provided, if necessary, to accommodate an individual but are not automatic.
Disabled persons have federal protections that ensure equal opportunity and access to learning resources.
Keeping Civil Rights= Equal Opportunity for everyone at the for forefront is imperative.
The module does a good job of explaining the accommodations that are available for individuals with disabilities as well as made me realize how much technology plays a part to enable folks with disabilities to continue education and pursue fields that they may not have been able to before. Even as simply being able to take courses from home if you have a mobility issue is a big improvement in quality of life.
This has been a helpful reminder and refresher in that the acts ensure equitable access and opportunity as any student would be afforded. It allows reasonable accommodations to mitigate an impairments impact on any student's ability to learn rather than give an accommodation because an impairment exists or provide a perceived advantage. Because of that nuance or any biases or confusion that may exist, I will be a proponent and champion of the ADA process from the position of always directing requests or questions to the appropriate compliance channel and including ADA compliance into admissions trainings to help ensure students get the proper answers and support while also protecting the institution from potential risk or litigation
Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act are interested in the issue of equal opportunities and access for students with disabilities. I have found out that it is important to provide accommodations depending on individual functional limitations, not on students’ diagnoses. I will try to do this through being fair and using established procedures of accommodation.
The only thing I'm curious about is how someone, unable to control themself, could fit into a facee to face situation, or would it be considered equal access to have them take an online version.
