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PDF pending restorationCrank, Joe N.; Deshler, Donald D. – Online Submission, 2001
This article documents the eligibility procedures and student assessment result of a project for identifying university students with learning disabilities. Many legal issues are relevant in the classification of young adults with disabilities, including the use of standardized procedures for establishing disability status which are meant to…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Learning Disabilities, College Students, Disability Identification
Download full textLusk, Julie Tapin, Ed. – 1983
The handbook presents an introduction and 11 chapters designed to help community college personnel serve handicapped students. A chapter on legal aspects of serving the handicapped addresses the implications of postsecondary and vocational education requirements on admission and programming. Suggestions are made for overcoming the social barriers…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cerebral Palsy, College Students, Community Colleges
Bardellini, Susan, Comp.; Hartman, Rhona C., Comp. – 1982
The resource directory lists agencies helpful in resolving issues regarding higher education and disabled students. A brief analysis of provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) is followed by a listing of Section 504 Technical Assistance staff in 10 regional offices and a discussion of support and funding resources. Descriptions…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), College Students, Disabilities, Employment
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Compared to students from affluent public and prep schools, few inner-city students receive extra time or other accommodations when taking high-stakes tests. The growth in "false positives" among affluent youth may partly stem from nonspecific definitions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Fairness is being…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Affluent Youth, Classification, College Students
Peer reviewedRothstein, Laura F. – Journal of College and University Law, 1991
Discussion of new factors in legal requirements for school accommodation of persons with disabilities highlights statutory and case-law interpretations for persons with disabilities such as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, sensory impairments, orthopedic impairments, learning disabilities, and drug and alcohol addiction, and includes policy…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Alcohol Abuse, College Administration
