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Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Accommodating the Learning-Disabled Students in the Foreign Language Curriculum.
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Sparks, Richard L.; Javorsky, James – ADFL Bulletin, 1999
Discusses students classified as learning disabled in regard to foreign language requirements, since institutions are now obligated by the Americans with Disabilities Act to teach these students. Criteria on which these students are classified as learning disabled for foreign language study and granted waivers of course substitution to fulfill the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education, Language Research
Section 504 and the American with Disabilities Act: Accommodating the Learning Disabled Student in the Foreign Language Curriculum.
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Moore, Francis X., III – ADFL Bulletin, 1995
Discusses the effects of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and various state laws on the foreign language requirements of Virginia college and university programs. Foreign language instructors and departments need to be aware of their responsibilities in accommodating learning-disabled…
Descriptors: College Students, Court Litigation, Higher Education, Institutional Role