Important Terms
This is what it's called when barriers are removed to give a person the ability to get to something.
What is "access." "Justice" is also acceptable.
This landmark civil rights law prohibits ______ based on disability in programs and activities receiving federal funding.
What is discrimination?
Examples include being in a wheelchair, getting around with a service animal, having a learning disability, or a mental impairment.
What are visible & invisible disabilities?
This federal law that guaranteed free and appropriate public education to all students with disabilities (it was called this before the IDEA).
What is the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975)?
Teacher administers a written exam where all students answer some multiple choice questions along with some short-answer items. This is an example of ______.
What is equality?
When a student has access to necessary changes to how they are learning something, they're called this.
What are "accommodations."
The 28-day sit-in protest in the city of ___________ was the longest in the nation.
What is San Francisco?
People with invisible disabilities carry the extra _____ of having to either over-explain or have to justify their needs for accommodations.
What is burden (or any related term)?
This legal document clearly states a student's disability, their accommodations, and any other services needed for the child to fairly access the curriculum.
What is an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)?
A student diagnosed with dyslexia is working on a writing assignment. The student is allowed to use speech-to-text and spelling-correction applications. This is an example of ________.
What is equity?
Section 504 was a vital part of this major Act.
What is the Rehabilitation Act (1973)?
Tactics included not allowing protesters to return to the building, cutting off phone communication, cutting off hot water, and not allowing shower attachments to be installed on bathroom sinks.
What are tactics used to try to discourage strikers?
Vietnam War veteran who was a key advocate for the ADA. He lost his hearing while in combat.
Who is Richard Pimentel.
Besides the student and their parents/guardians, an IEP team must include these people (name at least one).
Who are the student's teachers, a school official (commonly an administrator), learning specialist, paraeducators, or other service providers (e.g. speech language pathologist, occupational therapist, etc)?
In a classroom where students process information in multiple ways, audio books are available to everyone. This is an example of _________.
What is justice?
One major burden of having this is feeling the need to over-explain oneself, as if to justify their right to fair treatment.
What is an "invisible disability?"
The government wanted "separate but equal" facilities for disabled people. Protestors wanted this.
What is integration?
People with disabilities recorded their experiences in ____________, which informed lawmakers about what would be needed in the ADA to accommodate the various needs.
What are discrimination diaries.
To qualify for educational services or an IEP, a student must take an educational assessment, and the child must fit one of the ____ eligibility categories.
What are 13?
Evidence revealed that two students were involved in academic dishonesty on an assignment. Student "A" was the originator of the work. Student "B" copied the work. Both students received zeroes on the assignment and were also suspended for one day.
What is equality?
Because of procedural safeguards in the IDEA, a family may take legal action against a school or educator if this isn't being done.
What is following the accommodations and services outlined in the student's IEP.
Section 504 actually passed in 1973. The reason for the protests was the failure of government to _______ the law.
What is enforce?
Prior to the ADA passing, employers could actually deny a qualified disabled person a job because of their disability. This is a form of _________.
What is discrimination?
An IEP must be reviewed ________ to determine if the accommodations and services are still appropriate, still needed, or if any other changes are necessary.
What is annually?
Two students got into a physical fight. One student received a 2-day suspension for participating in the fight (though they did not start it). The other student had an IEP due to an "emotional disturbance" diagnosis, and the student did not get suspended, but had their own consequences to answer to. This is an example of ___________.
What is equity?