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Americans with Disabilities Act: Provisions & Impact on Education FULLY SOLVED
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Americans with Disabilities Act: Provisions& Impact on Education
Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA. - correct answer ✔✔Encompasses the treatment of disabled
people in all public facilities, including disabled parents who visit schools. Let's learn more about this
legislation.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - correct answer ✔✔is specifically geared towards schools
Americans with Disabilities Act - correct answer ✔✔prohibits discrimination based on disabilities for all
public entities, including educational facilities.
Additionally, ADA requires - correct answer ✔✔public buildings to be accessible to disabled persons.
Usually, that means building modifications, such as wheelchair ramps, but if that is cost-prohibitive -
correct answer ✔✔the school may provide other ways to make sure that disabled students have equal
access to services that the school provides, both before and after school.
How is the Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act (IDEA) different from the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA)? - correct answer ✔✔IDEA ensures the fair treatment of disabled students,
whereas the ADA provides fair access to public facilities for the disabled.
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How might a school librarian provide equal access to a student if the halls are too narrow to
accommodate a wheel chair? - correct answer ✔✔The librarian may bring books to the student in
his/her classroom.
In what way is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) similar to the Civil Rights Acts? - correct answer
✔✔They both prevent discrimination.
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