A building trades program at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, teaches students to build universal design housing. Such homes are equipped to accommodate persons with special needs but are not inconvenient for someone without a disability. (JOW)

A study gathered the self-perceptions and experiences of 25 disabled students at the University of Minnesota. Although physical access was an important issue, students were concerned about invisible attitudinal barriers and stereotypes. They would like to have processes and programs changed to meet the needs and contributions of disabled students.…

This special section includes five articles: (1) "Places for ALL Children: Building Environments for Differing Needs"; (2) "To Teach Each Child: The Trials and Rewards"; (3) "A Place for Marie: Guidelines for the Integration Process"; (4) "Preferred Words for Referring to Disabilities"; and (5) "Supporting Teachers Who Work with All Children."…

Interviews with 10 nursing students with disabilities and 61 faculty, patients, and other students revealed that students with disabilities have varied means of support, encounter more attitudinal than physical barriers, fear the consequences of disclosure, and felt that their experiences of disability gave them great insight into the needs of…

Discusses locker-room design standards and common challenges when complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Accessibility and safety considerations for shower, toilet, and locker areas are addressed, as are entrance vestibules, drying and grooming areas, and private dressing rooms. (GR)

Discusses accessibility to library Web sites to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and examines guidelines being developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative for building Web sites that are accessible to people with disabilities. Topics include degradation; meaning versus structure; content structure; and testing for…

A survey of adult basic education providers in nine states received 555 responses identifying a variety of accommodations for adults with disabilities. Most often used were accommodations not requiring special equipment. However, those methods most frequently used were not necessarily the most effective. (SK)

The Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) is a major policy tool for tackling inequality within British cities. Surveys of 200 public-private-community SRB partnerships examined the involvement of people with disabilities in the partnerships. Results indicated that people with disabilities tended to be targets of projects rather than active…

Discusses the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) and Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) regulations regarding public facilities' crowd control stanchions and queuing systems. The major elements are protruding objects and wheelchair accessibility. Describes how to maintain compliance with the regulations and offers a list of additional…

Looks at the design features of a 120,000 square foot Chicago elementary urban school that accommodates 900 students, 25 percent of whom are disabled. The school is based on a small school design that can maintain a feasible budget while providing universal access. The design also helps the school blend into the surrounding urban neighborhood.…

A replication of the findings regarding the decline in the employment among disabled people since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is presented. The decline seems to result from a drop in the labor force participation rate among those classified as disabled.

This paper is the Office for Civil Rights's (OCR's) "Annual Report to Congress" for fiscal years 2007 and 2008. This report details OCR's accomplishments in enforcing the civil rights laws under which OCR has been granted jurisdiction to address and remedy discrimination. These enforcement efforts include complaint investigation and resolution,…

The City of Lisbon, Portugal, is working to better integrate children with disabilities at primary school level. It recently has undertaken an accessible school programme and has restored an historic building as part of this effort.

This report addresses both why and how charter schools designed for students with disabilities operate their programs and provides information learned about charter schools specifically designed for children with disabilities through a series of questions and answers. First, the legal and policy context in which such schools develop and operate is…

This study seeks to determine if a Midwestern group of diocesan Catholic schools considers it their mission to educate students of all abilities, the extent to which students with special needs are included in the population of Catholic schools, the types of special needs served, how students with special needs are served when included, whether…