Extractions: The Access Singapore: The Physically Disabled Person's Guide to Accessible Places The Advocates for Children - provides information concerning the New York school system and students' educational entitlements. aeRes: Australian Educational Resources -MSDOS Collection: Adaptive Technology Low Vision Special Access Access.Txt is a list of known Internet and online news groups that cater to the interests of people with disabilities. A.H.E.A.D. = Association for Higher Education Access and Disability. AHEAD is an independent voluntary organisation working to promote improved access for persons with disabilities to Third Level Education in Ireland, North and South. Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center: ADA Statute, Regulations, Guidelines, Federally Reviewed Tech Sheets Apple's Disability Web Site The Assistive Technology Funding and Systems Change Project provides assistive technology funding and systems change information to individuals with disabilities, family members, parents, community-based organizations and State Protection and Advocacy agencies.
Extractions: Resources on Disabilities-Generic aeRes: Australian Educational Resources -MSDOS Collection: Adaptive Technology Low Vision Special Access Access.Txt is a list of known Internet and online news groups that cater to the interests of people with disabilities. A.H.E.A.D. = Association for Higher Education Access and Disability. AHEAD is an independent voluntary organisation working to promote improved access for persons with disabilities to Third Level Education in Ireland, North and South. Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center: ADA Statute, Regulations, Guidelines, Federally Reviewed Tech Sheets Apple's Disability Web Site The Assistive Technology Funding and Systems Change Project provides assistive technology funding and systems change information to individuals with disabilities, family members, parents, community-based organizations and State Protection and Advocacy agencies. Australian Disability Resources: Australian organizations and resources in the areas of disability, assistive technology and special education
SNOW Web Resources The international Guild of disabled Artists and Performers A network offamilies and people with special needs dedicated to sharing resources and http://snow.utoronto.ca/resources/disability/disorg.html
Extractions: Epilepsy Ontario is a registered charitable nonprofit nongovernmental health organization dedicated to promoting independence and optimal quality of life for children and adults living with seizure disorders, by promoting information, awareness, support services, advocacy, education and research. The International Guild of Disabled Artists and Performers IGODAP is a collective of artists and performers who identify as being disabled or having a disability. Its members are professional and amateur artists and performers of all genres visual artists, screen and stage actors, dancers, comedians and humourists, musicians, singers, speakers, poets, writers, producers, directors and others working in the arts and entertainment industries. They experience physical, intellectual or learning disablement, mental illness, or a combination. Toronto Association for Community Living
Special Education/educational Resources For Disabled Students Links special needs, special needs Education, special School, disabled, Disability The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international http://www.suite101.com/linkcategory.cfm/disability_advocacy/4951
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Children With Disabilities: Global Priorities Ezine of the international Disability Exchanges and Studies (IDEAS) Project for Action on special needs Education means that ordinary schools should http://www.disabilityworld.org/07-08_01/children/global.shtml
Extractions: In preparation for the UN Special Session on Children, RI has reviewed current statistics, literature and international policy statements, and consulted with specialists in childhood disability. The following findings from these materials are sobering and underscore the urgency of raising the inclusion of children and youths with disabilities to a high priority in all proposed actions and programs to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child. During the last century in most countries, disabled children were often overlooked, excluded, hidden away or exiled to institutions. In the 21st century, RI envisions "a world where equal opportunities for disabled people becomes a natural consequence of enlightened policies and legislation supporting full inclusion to and access to all parts of society." "The rights of students with disabilities to be educated in their local mainstream school is becoming more and more accepted in most countries, and many reforms are being put in place to achieve to this goal. Further, there is no reason to segregate disabled students in public education systems. Instead, education systems need to be reconsidered to meet the needs of all students."
Inside Higher Ed :: College And The Disabled Student With Disabilities, was prepared by SRI international, a research group, The high school environment can lead special needs students to believe they http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/07/29/disabled
Extractions: Views News Home Advertisement July 29 Nearly a third of young people with disabilities have taken at least some postsecondary classes within the first two years after they leave high school, according to a U.S. Education Department study released Thursday. The study finds that disabled students over all are less than half as likely as their peers to have attended college in the two years after high school, but the college-going rate varies greatly by type of disability: Students with hearing or visual impairments are as likely as nondisabled students to have done some postsecondary work. E-mail Print The study looked at a group of students who were in high school in 2001 and who had finished or left high school two years later.
AAT For Special Needs Animal Assisted Therapy for Children with special needs Therapy and theSeverely disabled A Quantitative Study. international Family Institue. 2002. http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/CCAB/aat.htm
DISABLED LIVES - Revolution! There would be special schools, special sport, special employment and specialhousing. international Disability Education and Awareness, William House, http://www.newint.org/issue233/revolution.htm
Extractions: Vic Finkelstein tells a fable of turning tables. It all began when Shanti was late again for school. The rain was to blame. It had churned up the mud so much that she had had to drag her lame leg way beyond the usual river crossing to find a safer spot. Crossing the river was harder than shed expected. She reached school, exhausted, muddy, wet - and pleased with her success. But the teacher, Mr Pahad, had shouted at her. You silly child! You should stay at home when it rains. He was in a bad mood today - not helped by the fact that he knew he would probably feel compelled to help Shanti get home after school. That would mean getting mud on his suit - and tonight he was going to a banquet to receive an award for his contribution to the welfare of the disabled children at his school. A thought came to him. What if all disabled people, children, adults and older people, were sent to a special village where everything was designed to meet their special needs? There would be special schools, special sport, special employment and special housing. Whenever he had a spare moment during the rest of that day Mr Pahad re-wrote his speech for the banquet. Then he had another brainwave. He would take Shanti with him. She looked so sweet and shy with her muddy dress and twisted foot. He would explain her plight and ask for donations to build a disabled village for all the disabled people of the district.
Extractions: E-mail: fahmeeda.wahab@dhaka01.x400.gc.ca Introduction Cambodia 1 Cambodia 2 ... Strategies Thus a disabled woman is left aside, isolated, marginalised, socially unaccepted and neglected- an object of pity, and considered to be a burden barely borne out of sheer humanistic obligations. The vulnerability of a disabled women is multiplied manifold as she is mentally and/or physically unable to fend for herself in the face of sexual harassment, rape or other forms of physical violence. In this scenario of overall data gaps on the nature and extent of disability, sex disaggregated data is even more difficult to obtain. So much so, that disabled women remain invisible in the arena of planning and formulating policies and programmes of poverty alleviation and development. Data on the number of disabled, obtained through national surveys conducted in several countries in the region is presented in Table 1. This data pertains to different years and is being used in the absence of more recent data. It is indicative of the magnitude of the disabled segment of the national population.
Feature Many premier schools in the country deny admission to disabled children in violation More and more experts in special needs education are now advocating http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fdec2000/f011220001.html
Extractions: EDUCATION OF THE DISABLED: OPEN THE DOOR* Job Zachariah** A recent study conducted by the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) reveals that out of 12 million children , only one million is attending school. Another study conducted by the Spastics Society of Tamil Nadu shows that on an average there are only six disabled children, per school in Tamil Nadu. The goal of universal elementary education cannot be achieved unless all disabled children are included in the education system. Laws on Education of the Disabled The National Policy on Education (NPE) 1986 advocates integrated education in general school for locomotor impaired children and the mildly disabled children and special education to the severely handicapped children. It also recommends orientation and pre-service training for general teachers on disability management and provision of vocational training. The Policy document says that the objective should be to integrate the physically and the mentally handicapped with the general community as equal partners to prepare them to face life with courage and confidence. All children have the right to be educated regardless of their disability or learning difficulty, because education is a human right. Exclusionary policies and practices however, are widely prevalent all over the country. Many premier schools in the country deny admission to disabled children in violation of their right to education.
Learning Disability Resources â Literacy Assistance Center Vocational training and job placement for adults with special needs. Must have SSN . international Center for the disabled Assessment only. Medicaid. http://www.lacnyc.org/resources/adult/LD.htm
Extractions: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2002 Reauthorization; Goals We Seek We seek a Bill that: Federally funds the IDEA program approaching the 40% funding level originally promised by Congress. Requires the maximum provision of services to all eligible private and religious school students, and that such services be provided on site, consistent with the Supreme Courts Agostini decision. Strengthens the child find provisions to ensure adequate and timely evaluation and identification of special needs students in private and parochial school and eliminates the disincentive for school districts not to provide above mentioned evaluation and identification. Strengthens the existing complaint procedure and by-pass language to that similar to the recently re-authorized ESEAs Title I, including the child find/evaluation process. Requires the annual federal report to provide separate data on all referred, identified and served children in public, private and parochial schools. · Provides for appropriate due process procedures for parents of eligible students in private and parochial schools.
International Leadership For Women With Disabilities: Josephine O. Sinyo In fact special schools expose the child with special needs to other return toInternational Leadership for Women with Disabilities table of contents http://www.rehab-international.org/publications/Leadership_Women/SINYOJosephineO
Extractions: It is evidently clear that the development and growth of special education in the country has largely continued to depend on external influence and support. Both the colonial and the independent Governments appear to have not been actively involved in its planning, implementation and coordination. The result of this absence of active Government participation has led to a situation where up to the present moment special education is accessible to less than 5% of the children and youth who need it. While accepting that the country witnessed rapid expansion of special education in the 1980's, there are still good reasons to believe more would have attained if the Government played a more active role. Dependence on foreign influence and support has made the Government spend less time examining new innovations in terms of relevance to our situations and also resources. There has also been under utilization of our own human and material resources in providing services to people with special needs. Accessibility to opportunities be they education, health, employment and participation will not be attained unless and until disability is viewed as a developmental issue. It is treating disability as a developmental issue and integrating with all other development programs which will ensure active Government participation. Disability programs would then be given priority in all Government's development plans not left to external support. By being productive, the disabled population will then be able to participate in an equal footing with their non-handicapped members of the community.
Disabilities Links Links to outside resources dealing with disabilities and special needs disabled Peoples international is people helping people help themselves. http://www.ndpass.minot.com/plaintext/link3.html
Extractions: DINF is New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation that collects information on disabilities and disabilities related subjects and makes it available through the World Wide Web. The information being placed on the Web site is designed for use by researchers, legislative bodies, people with disabilities, and people working in the disabilities field. Family Village This site features supports for families raising children with a developmental delay, disability or chronic health condition. We have found the phone numbers, web sites and departments for you to the extent possible. This site has only a few links to national programs when a similar site is just not available in our state. Parent Pals Special Education Guide Parentpals.com Special Education Guide is for parents and professionals. It offers special education support, special education teaching ideas and tips, special education continuing education , disability specific information and more. Therapists,audiologists, teachers, nurses and physicians contribute information on the following subjects: ADHD, autism, deaf and hard of hearing, emotionally disturbed, homeschooling, gifted, learning disabilities, mental retardation, orthopedically impaired, otherwise health impaired, severe and/or multiple disabilities, speech and language impairment, stuttering, traumatic brain injury and, visually impaired.
Disabled Girl Sues School - (United Press International) A mentally disabled Colorado girl has sued her school district, but thedistrict underestimated and misunderstood the girl s special needs resulting http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041106-063506-6134r.htm
Extractions: Steamboat Springs, CO, Nov. 6 (UPI) A mentally disabled Colorado girl has sued her school district, claiming it did not protect her from boys who forced her to perform sex acts on them. The girl said in a lawsuit filed at U.S. District Court in Denver that officials in the Steamboat Springs school district knew about the incidents and failed to protect her from the boys, The Denver Post reported Saturday. The girl enrolled in Steamboat Springs Middle School in 2000 as a special-education student but the district "underestimated and misunderstood" the girl's special needs resulting from a severe brain injury she suffered at age 3, the lawsuit said. A year later the four boys began harassing and intimidating her at and outside school and forced her to perform sex acts on them. She said when she told a school counselor that she was afraid of the boys, the counselor said she would have to handle it on her own, the lawsuit says. The harassment continued into high school, where finally a counselor called police. A psychotic episode landed the girl in the hospital and she never returned to school because, she said, she feared a hostile situation.
Extractions: UNHQ, New York, 3-5 December 2001 By Monica Bartley, December 2001 Over the past 10 years significant strides have taken place in the disability movement in the Caribbean region. The movement has evolved from that of a charitable rehabilitation model to that of self-advocacy by persons with disabilities. This has been quite evident in the visibility of persons with disability in society. This change has resulted from the combined efforts of the government and non-governmental organizations. However there is need for a comprehensive evaluation in terms of the measurement of the impact of policies and programmes implemented to determine the extent to which the quality of life of persons with disability has changed. This is compounded by the fact that various organizations are implementing programmes towards achieving the goal of equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities. Prior to 1981 in many countries in the Caribbean region, services for persons with disabilities were limited, so policies evolved more in response to the demands of local self-advocates driven by networking with international organizations like Disabled Peoples' Organization. The lack of data for planning and development of policy comes into sharp focus, as there is a reluctance by both the public and private sector to put in the necessary infrastructure as the feeling exists that not enough persons would utilize such facilities. This view however, was counteracted through strong advocacy by disabled persons, in the absence of statistical data to support the need. Although significant changes have taken place over the period being reviewed there is insufficient data to evaluate the progress made.
A School Zone - Special Education Page Tons Of Links. Links to international disability news, employment, student disability resources, Federation for Children with special needs Web Site Projects of http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6097/special.html
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Education, General And Special The Association on Higher Education and Disability is an international, Boarding School for special ed/needs and learning disabilities (K12) http://disability-resource.com/education.html
Extractions: AE , a non-profit organization, was founded in 1978 to address the environmental issues that confront people with disabilities and elderly people. Adaptive Environments promotes accessibility as well as universal design through education programs, technical assistance publications and design advocacy. The nation's umbrella higher education association, is dedicated to the belief that equal educational opportunity and a strong higher education system are essential cornerstones of a democratic society. ACE is a forum for the discussion of major issues related to higher education and its potential to contribute to the quality of American life.
Extractions: For Advocacy Support Videos and Handbooks Nationwide and International Services Bodin Associates based in Los Altos, CA and serving a national and international client base. Education Management Consulting assessments for school placement and evaluation and for legal proceedings involving educational issues and institutions. Chicago Attorney Linda Mastandrea represents students with disability law needs and counsels schools and businesses on compliance with the law Edufax (with Marcia Rubinstein) Educational consulting, placement, and advocacy The Learning Curve of Wisconsin connecting resources in education for students with dpecial needs. Also provides expert witness testimony LD Online interactive guide for children, parents, teachers, and others involved with learning disabilities A+ International Consulting educational consulting internationaly: teacher training, legislative issues, curriculum planning and implementation Davis Dyslexia Association International Website contains information and a forum for networking among parents and teachers, and support for using Davis methods at home.
