Disability rights, in plain language
The acts, the agencies and the acronyms, written so that someone reading them for the first time can act on what they find.
Start with the letters
Access
What the ADA actually requires
The Americans with Disabilities Act is written as a set of obligations, not as a favour. The ADA page sets out who is covered, what has to be provided, and what to do when it is not.
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Special Education
Special Education Department Forgets Disabled Person’s Day
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is designated for people who have any kind of disability anywhere in the world. Some believe it invites sympathy rather than obligation, which is precisely the argument for marking it properly.
Disability Rights
International Disability Rights Re-Write
In 1981 the United Nations developed the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in hopes of promoting the involvement of disabled people in every part of public life.
Awareness
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
What the day is for, who set it up, and what actually changes in the places that take it seriously.
College
Tips for Students With Physical Disabilities Looking for Colleges
Graduating students weigh their major and the distance from home. With a physical disability, a third list of questions decides whether the first two matter at all.
Getting the services you are entitled to
Most people give up too early. The steps that move a claim or a placement forward are specific, and knowing them before you start changes the outcome.