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Approach to teaching students with disabilities assessed
The Lawrence school district has some catching up to do when it comes to reaching proficiency standards on assessment tests for students with disabilities.
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Teacher doesn’t let wheelchair slow her down
Born with spinal muscular atrophy, East Middle School teacher Tammie Groth has never taken a step in her life.
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ADA: Still a long way to go, disabled say
The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act made it illegal to discriminate against people who are mentally or physically disabled.
But there is still a long way to go, advocates say.
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Former Monte Vista High lacrosse player Ian Sullivan doesn’t let disability slow him down
Let it be known that there is nothing wrong with Ian Sullivan.
Sure, upon first meeting him you might notice a slight limp on his right side, but everything about him seems to scream “normal teenager.” He likes hanging out with friends, working out, playing video games and basketball. All the typical teenager stuff.
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Fair Housing Act helps protect disabled occupants from discrimination
Say you have a disability and want your condominium association to allow you to park closer to your unit. Or your psychiatrist has advised you to get a dog as a companion, but your association’s rules do not permit pets. Maybe you discover that your unit has bedbugs, but your health condition cannot tolerate the insecticide that your cooperative plans to use to fumigate the building.
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College Web Pages Are ‘Widely Inaccessible’ to People With Disabilities
College Web pages remain “widely inaccessible” to people with disabilities, despite some improvements in recent years, according to a recent study.
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U of M Police Officer Targets Illegal Handicap Parkers
Nearly half a million dollars in tickets in just five years all go back to one officer with the University of Minnesota Police.
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Former BYU student denied disability over amputated leg
The loss of her leg devastated a BYU student who almost died in a tragic car accident, but now she faces another problem; how to come up with nearly a million dollars after the Utah Department of Health rejected her Medicaid claims.
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Americans with Disabilities Act: City seeks full compliance
The city of Helena is planning to begin work next year on at least one project aimed at addressing accessibility concerns in the downtown area.
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Paul Longmore, Historian And Advocate For The Disabled, Dies
Paul Longmore, who died on Monday, was one of the nation’s leading scholars of disability history. But he first got national attention for an unscholarly act: He burned a copy of his first book.
