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Section 5
Accessing Disability Services
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Activity
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Learn
about your legal rights and your responsibilities as a student
in high school and in college according to the federal laws: the
IDEA, Section 504 and the ADA.
Vocabulary
- Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504)
- Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA)
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Visit
the Post-ITT Website and click on Disability Law. Click on
each of the following laws:
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section
504)
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Review the summary statements, questions and answers for each
law. You may want to continue reading detailed information on
these laws.
Click on Comparisons between the IDEA, Section 504 and the
ADA. In this section and in the summary statements mentioned
above, find the information you need to answer the following questions:
- Which of the three laws apply to public
schools? To colleges?
- What is the purpose of each law?
- Who is protected
under each law?
- Which law no longer applies after high school graduation?
- Whose responsibility is it to identify students having academic
difficulty in public schools? In colleges?
- How is eligibility to receive services determined for a high school student? College student?
- Under each law, who is responsible to advocate for students with
disabilities?
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Discuss what you learned
with a special education teacher or a guidance counselor (or in
a classroom discussion). As a college student, what will you do
to qualify for disability services?
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