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Kolbe, Sherry L. – Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, 1998
Summarizes the 1997 amendments to IDEA in hopes that a solid understanding of the law will clarify the current rights of children and help inform advocacy efforts toward future amendments. Some of the changes include clarification of these terms: child with a disability; developmental delay; related services; supplementary aids; transition…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Definitions, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
Lipsky, Dorothy Kerzner; Gartner, Alan – 1997
This book examines the history of education of students with disabilities and the impact of educational reform. Section 1, "The Separate Special Education System," examines the current system; the limited outcomes for students; racial, social, and gender inequities; costs of special education; parental advocacy; the disability rights…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advocacy, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Court Litigation
