In his speech Duncan makes some of the same connections that Tamar Lewin makes in his article. They both contended that the fight for an equal opportunity to receive an education, is directly connected to the fight for civil liberties that other disenfranchised groups in America have undertaken. Lewin connected the rights of disable students to workplace discrimination and sexual harassment in the global systems, and Duncan connects the struggle of lerning disabled students in our county to the fight for civil rights of our nation’s black citizens. Duncan comments that’ “It’s a moral issue. I have often said that education is the civil rights issue of our time,” and further adds weight to his argument by stating, “The civil rights protestors on the Edmund Pettus Bridge weren’t in wheelchairs and they weren’t marching on behalf of students with dyslexia, learning disabilities, ADD, or other disabilities.…
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: THE MAKING OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (1997) [hereinafter EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY]; Chai Feldblum, Medical Examinations and Inquiries under the Americans with Disabilities Act: A View from the Inside, 64 TEMP. L. REV. 521 (1991); Colker, Fragile Compromise, supra note 6, at 385. See also Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Historical Background of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 64 TEMP. L. REV. 387, 391–92 (1991)…
One passion we as educators all share is the love for our students. Those of us who chose the path of working with special education students especially know that genuine place we have in our hearts for teaching students disabilities with learning disabilities. Over the last few decades, more awareness about these disabilities has florist throughout our nation. Many advocates of their time have fought to educate these students in order to help them overcome their struggle. Over time we see the long protect the rights of the students and provide them with the restrictive environment settings in order to provide an equal but adequate education. Despite the fact services are an essential part of protecting a student with special needs rights; it cannot be at the cost of their education either. If the student is able to complete the work at the same annual yearly progress as the general education population, proper services whether it be assistive technology or a personal aide, must be provided to the student. The services not only help students’ with special needs successfully graduate school but it provides them a promising future. Graduating with the tools and knowledge needed to survive on their own, students are now becoming functioning members of our society. As the candidate for my interview, I chose Dr.Gerard Crisinino, special education director of Jersey City Pubic School. He has instilled within him that compassion for working with these children and dedicated the last 30 years of his life to providing services for those students in need. Therefore, he was the perfect advocate to answer the following interview questions.…
They state that disable learners must not be disadvantaged in education and very important to make sure that the learners are not unfairly treated in assessment situations. Colleges have an obligation to anticipate the needs of the learners and to make reasonable adjustment, and if we are enabling them they won’t receive a fair chance when they are on their own and you’re unavailable to provide assistance. Important factors to remember is to allow the disabled the same opportunity by given the access to a computer so they are able to navigate, provide them with learning materials and allow them to solve the answers on their own. This does not mean you cannot provide some assistance but you have to allow them to be…
Eloise, a supervisor at the Federal Administration Agency (FAA), was faced with trying to ensure productivity when one of her workers became ill, and was not maintaining her level of work. Brenda, who had been a computer programmer for the Management Information Systems Support Division of the FAA for nine years, was diagnosed with breast cancer in January of 1991. She left work immediately to have an operation and to start treatments. Brenda was supposed to return to work after the medical procedure so Eloise reached out to her in February. Brenda stated that she did not feel up to it, that she would continue to use her sick leave and would return in March. Seeing that Brenda would not be back in the near future, Eloise asked the other workers in the office to "pitch in" and help pick up the slack in work due to her absence. To entice one employee to pitch in, she upgraded his work status from a GS7 to a GS9 (which is what Brenda's status was) until Brenda returned. In March, Brenda could not return to work on her scheduled date and had her medical leave extended until she became better accustomed to the chemotherapy treatments.…
In discussions of students with disabilities and their academic success, a controversial issue is weather or not students with identified learning disabilities should be required to participate in high stakes testing. While some argue that all students should be held to the same academic standards, regardless of their disability, others believe that these tests are too difficult for some students, namely – those with learning disabilities. Although it may not seem unfair to hold all students to the same academic standard, the reality is that not all students are exposed to the same content, that being the content that must be learned in order to pass most standardized tests. In an article published by Great Schools Staff they stated, “While every state is required to have high academic standards that are the same for every student, we know that many students with disabilities are not yet being taught to those standards.”…
Reflecting upon my philosophy statement from earlier this semester, I still believe that every individual should be treated with love, respect, care, and equality, regardless of their race, gender, social class, disability, ethnicity, or other cultural identity. Completing this course has reassured my beliefs about how students with disabilities should be taught and how that aligns with their needs. After meeting classroom guests just as Dr. Levingston, I still believe as a society, we shouldn’t be blind to our differences. We need to acknowledge them, mediate on them, and embrace them. We must handle each other with complete respect and love regardless of all our differences. Although any of my thoughts remain the same from my philosophy statement,…
“Ensure students with disabilities have the resources and support they need throughout their school years” ("Hillary Clinton on K-12 Education”). This impacts students because the ones that do not get the resources they need because of disabilities will get the help and things they need to succeed…
Was 20 % responsible for identifying, securing and managing stop gap funding for persons with disability residing in a variety of residential settings operated throughout the county. Majority of the secured funding was for adaptive technology, trips, recreational participation and workforce…
In the face of a twenty-six year adjustment period, higher education professionals still struggle with basic compliance issues for individuals with disabilities. A detachment between the letter of the law and the purpose of the law seems to exist in the postsecondary environment demonstrated by ongoing Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) open investigations and findings. According to the EEOC's Office of Research, Information, and Planning, in the fiscal year 2015, state, local and private businesses paid 128.7 million dollars in monetary benefits to employees seeking restitution due to disability-related discrimination. While the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), a…
Medline Plus (2004). African American Community Mental Health Fact Sheet. Retrieved July 19, 2008, from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html#cat22…
Assessment task: task 2. Disability Family and community studies Student number: 239 Task weight: 25%…
I think people with disabilities should be treated just like you and me because they have feelings too. How would you feel if you were the one left out? I have a sister that is four years old and she has disabilities. She has CP because her brain isn't working right.…
The number of students with disabilities entering and completing postsecondary education has increased dramatically in the last decade, yet people with disabilities are still underrepresented in the employment arena. Barriers to employment include lack of adequate support systems; little access to successful role models; lack of access to technology that can increase independence and productivity; and, most significantly, low expectations on the part of people with whom they interact.…
The loss of a foot or limb due to landmine explosions or any disease is a major tragedy for any human being and to come to terms with this loss of a part of the body is not only a very traumatic experience but also fraught with dire economic consequences.…