While
in a class about Special Education at the University of Cincinnati in
2009 I learned about the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990,
Amended 2008). While learning about this Act, we mostly talked about
ADA and the relation to employment and public education. After
looking at the Americans with Disabilities Act web page,
www.eeoc.gov, I can tell that
there are many other federal agencies with ADA responsibilities.
These include Employment
,
Public
Transportation
,
Telephone
Relay Service,
Proposed
Design Guidelines,
Education
,Health
Care
,
Labor
,
Housing
,
Parks
and Recreation, and Agriculture
.
If
I look into the connection that the ADA has with education I think I
may be able to find more information. I would like to know what the
Americans with Disabilities Act does to support children with
disabilities in the relation to child care.
Samantha,
ReplyDeleteThis is a good start. Many people only think about ADA as it pertains to employment, so it will be good to see you approach it from an educator's perspective. Maybe you want to focus specifically on one of the departments or areas you mentioned above (e.g. education and child care) and elaborate on the legal guidelines for accommodating individuals with disabilities.
Gabe
This is very interesting. I know that children with disbailities do recieve services, but I dont really know how much they recieve. I think schools trying to accomodate the needs of children with disabilities has been and issue in the past, but is getting better. Even working in the school with my internship I have seen many ways the school is making accomodations to meet the needs of the students. I look forward to following this blog :)
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