ERIC Number: EJ854922
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-7597
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A Wisconsin Postsecondary Guide to Disability Documentation
Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, v27 n1 p4-21 Fall 2004
This article presents a Wisconsin post-secondary guide to disability documentation. The guide will assist organizations to determine their role in understanding needed documentation for students with disabilities transitioning from PK-12 to Wisconsin postsecondary education. This Guide provides the following: (1) Summary of Applicable Laws; (2) Guiding Principles for Disability Documentation; (3) Elements of Proper Documentation of the Disability; (4) Resources; (5) Websites; and (6) Examples of a Transition Checklist and Letters showing Documentation. The guide was developed and composed by the Wisconsin Disability Documentation Workgroup in 2003-04.
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Educational Legislation, State Legislation, Federal Legislation, Check Lists, Web Sites, Student Adjustment, Disability Identification, Documentation
Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education. c/o Center for Education and Work, 964 Educational Sciences Builidng, 1025 West Johnson Street, Madison, WI 53706. Tel: 608-263-2724; Fax: 608-262-3050; Web site: http://www.cew.wisc.edu/JVSNE
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Age Discrimination Act 1975; Americans with Disabilities Act 1990; Carl D Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act 1998; Civil Rights Act 1964; Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VI; Equal Pay Act 1963; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Rehabilitation Act 1973 (Section 504); Workforce Investment Act 1998
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