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Diesfeld, K.; McLean, M.; Phelan, T.; Patston, P.; Miller-Burgering, W.; Vickery, R. – Disability & Society, 2008
In 2005 New Zealand signalled its intention to reform legal services by contracting research on disabled people's priorities in Auckland. The Legal Services Agency reported that because many disabled people do not have access to necessary legal services in New Zealand their priorities should be identified. This article suggests that the social…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Legal Aid, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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Boscardin, Mary Lynn – Journal of Education Finance, 1987
While the due process provisions within PL 94-142 are designed to protect the rights of handicapped children and their parents regardless of costs, this study suggests that Congress' original intentions are not being realized. Findings disclosed enormous cost differences (especially person hour costs) among due process hearings. Includes two…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Due Process, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Moore, Caroline J., Ed.; Zeller, Richard W., Ed. – 1982
Eight papers are presented from a July 1982 conference on assessment. S. Wood and F. Hertlein begin with "Integrating Remedial Education in Olympia Public Schools: A Consulting Service Model for Low Performing and Handicapped Students." They describe the model's staff development modules, instructional support strategies, and management…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council on Disability, Washington, DC. – 2003
This annual report of the National Council on Disability surveys major legal and policy developments during the year 2002 and offers recommendations for legal/policy measures and for research. The first chapter identifies legal and policy issues that cross traditional areas, focusing on six themes: (1) the mainstreaming of disability issues; (2)…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Civil Liberties, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making