Disability Discrimination Act 1995

is made up of individuals with and without one form of disabilities or the other. Those with disabilities ranges from average physical, sociopsychological and mental behaviours and as a result cannot properly benefit from the regular educational program. Hence, educating students with disabilities in Nigeria comes with some enormous challenges. Thus, this paper takes a look at the challenges confronting education of students with disabilities. The paper first discusses the concept of special…

environmental set-ups that depend on school systems, separate is equal in some individual cases. If a student is not on the same readiness or ability level as other students because of a disability, adjustments have to be made in order to give those students an opportunity for success. “The learning disabilities field seems to recognize that being treated as an individual can usually be found more easily outside the regular classroom” (SEDL,…

“Persons with disabilities are stared at, whispered about, even laughed at. People shout at them, talk down to them, or - what is even worse - ignore them” (Gilda Berger 5). People with physical disabilities are looked at differently than the rest of the population. For example, sometimes when a person with a physical disability is slow due to the issue they’re dealing with, employers or employees get upset with them because the person with the disability isn’t moving quick enough for their…

the entire semester in Disabilities in Society, I found that the entire class was interesting especially having guest speakers. We learned about models of disability, language, media and the arts, autism, stereotypes and attitudes, mental health, eugenics, employment, universal design, education, and more. The most important things I learned in class was stereotyping and attitudes that still exist, education and language. In society, people view people with a disability differently, I learned…

Assistive Technology (AT) is technology that assists people of all ages with disabilities to be able to communicate, have mobility, and to help improve physical and mental activities that are difficult to perform on a daily basis. Technology is a great equalizer for individuals with disabilities to have full participation in which may otherwise be difficult to accomplish. Assistive technology in education is a tool/tools used in a classroom to help students have solutions that are accommodating…

Before the American with Disabilities Act, there were other laws passed in order to improve with quality of life for those with disabilities; acts such as the education for all handicapped children, which ensured that all children even those with disabilities, had a free public education. According to Minor and Minor the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, which focused on accessibility to and within federal buildings (2014 Chapter 1, p.8). The American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Revised…

Special education is in every school system to help students with disabilities have success in life. According to Artiles and colleagues research, children back in the 1800s were excluded from educational opportunities (Artiles, Harris-Murri, and Rostenberg, 2006, p. 260). Children with disabilities were often segregated into either a separate classroom or separate schools with curriculum that didn’t fit their needs (Artiles, 2006, p. 260). Children were held to low standards, but fortunately…

Successfully employed people with disabilities offer advice on disclosure, interviewing, and job search. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 22(2), 155-156. Many people with disabilities face employment barriers that prevent them from finding a job. In the article, “Getting Hired: Successfully Employed People with Disabilities Offer Advice on Disclosure, Interviewing, and Job Search,” individuals with disabilities are informed on when to inform the employer of their disability. Also, this…

education to everyone is to insure that people are not illiterate. The point of providing a free appropriate education is for children’s or people with disabilities and to make sure they are receiving the appropriate care to be academically successful. Education is a civil right that each person is granted no matter race, sex or any disabilities. A FAPE is an educational right provided…

the students within the different years. What is Adequate Progress? Every child, including those with disabilities are eligible for and should be given a free appropriate public education (FAPE) (Osborne, & Russo, 2014; Hardman, Drew, & Egan, 2013). Special education programs, as well as their related services have a duty to ensure that students make significant academic progress on the path to reaching goals and objectives out lined their individualized education plans IEPs (Osborne, & Russo,…