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Disability law can be complex and intimidating, so how can concerned parents use it to ensure their child with a disability receives the appropriate education they are legally entitled to?A Guide to Special Education Advocacy gives strategies for advocating for better provision of special education in schools.
DISABILITY DOWN THROUGH THE AGESFrom ancient times to telethons to today’s burgeoning disability movement, A Little History Worth Knowing traces the often-overlooked history of people with disabilities.Although the video doesn’t shy away from the abuses of the past (including Hitler’s extermination of more than 200,000 people with disabilities), it ends with a hopeful look at the future as changing attitudes and advancing technology help people with disabilities to enter the global economy.A Little History Worth Knowing is an informative, entertaining primer on disability awar
Autism, Discrimination and the Law outlines how the legal requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 might be met for students and employees with autism spectrum disorders (ASD’s).
• What might discrimination against people with autism look like?
• What can you do to prevent discrimination against people with autism?
“A book such as this both demonstrates the progress that has been made over recent years, and will also serve to enhance respect for the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the years to come”- From the Foreword by Orville EndicottThis wide-ranging volume provides a multidisciplinary examination of human rights and the lives of people with intellectual disabilities.The book combines historical, psychological, philosophical, social, educational, medical and legal perspectives to form a unique and insightful account of the subject.
People with disabilities are four to ten times more likely to experience violence and abuse than people without disabilities.* This is the one book that empowers everyone–professionals, families, and self-advocates alike–to solve and prevent this widespread problem.In clear and straightforward language, abuse prevention educator Nancy Fitzsimons calls readers to action and gives them the no-nonsense guidance they need to stop violence and abuse before they start.
If your life has been touched by disability in some way, then this book is a must read! Although there is now legislation granting rights to people who have disabilities, and there is more inclusion and acceptance of people with disabilities, we still have individuals who are pitied, marginalized, and even institutionalized in our modern society. How can that be? This book uncovers essential areas of understanding that promise to take us to the next level of diversity appreciation and empowerment of all people.
A superb reference, From Emotions To Advocacy is highly recommended reading for parents of children in need of adapted or special education services …
While supplies last, you save $10 (20%) If you’re searching for information in a real or virtual law library as a paralegal, law student, legal assistant, journalist, or lay person, finding and accessing the laws that you need to read can be a challenge.
Making a Difference: Advocacy Competencies for Special Education Professionals is the only single comprehensive source on the role and responsibility of special education professionals as advocates for children with disabilities. Most pre-service educational programs only cursorily cover the topic of advocacy, leaving many to enter the field without the knowledge and skills necessary for effective advocacy. This highly specialized book fills this training void by presenting the competencies, dispositions, knowledge, and skills necessary to become an effective advocate.
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