Assistive Technology=Back to the Future by Samuel, Sade

The Rehabilitation Act 1963

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Signed over 50 years ago, the Rehab Act is the first federal law to address civil rights for people with disabilities and helped establish the disabilities civil rights movement. This movement is still mobile today.

The Rehab Act provides access to a Beneficial Program.

The Rehabilitation Act, Sec. 504 provides access to accommodations including assistive technology to individuals like Sady Paulson.

Education for All Handicapped Children Act 1975

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This act provides children with disabilities access to the general education classroom. It also gives students and parents participation in decision making.

The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 allows individuals like Sady to have an active role and voice in the special education process.

Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act 1988

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The Tech Act, 1988, entitles all individuals with disabilities access to technology and adequate training programs to meet their individual needs.

The progression of the Tech Act has given individuals with unique needs such as Sady’s access to their world through AT devices and services. For example, providing students with a speech impairment a communication device that allows them access to the curriculum and to the educational setting.

Americans with Disabilities Act 1990

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As a civil right, the ADA mandates that public entities including public schools, be accessible to individuals with special needs. ADA also gives adults with disabilities the right to be employable by public schools.

In compliance with ADA, individuals with unique needs are able to go to school and access their community in public settings with reasonable accommodations.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1990

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The EHACA is revived to IDEA 1990 and gives people with special needs identity by referencing person-first language.

This reference recognizes the person before the disability.

IDEA 1990 enabled schools to provide AT and services.

The progression of IDEA 1990 has allowed individuals including Sady to be seen and identified as a person and provides appropriate AT.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1997

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The IDEA 1997 provided students disabilities access to the general education curriculum and LRE and authorized additional grants for technology.

The reauthorization of IDEA1997 allowed individuals like Sady to learn and access general curriculum and access technology.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004

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IDEA 2004 mandates that all children with disabilities be assessed using the same measure as children without disabilities to the greatest extend possible.

The progression of IDEA2004 gives individuals with special and unique needs the capacity to be assessed up to their fullest potential.

Barriers Schools Experience in Implementation of Federal Statutes

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Insufficient provisions of funds. The sources of funding are available but lack sufficient availability of services needed
Lack of Information to families about procedures
Inconsistency between education providers and sectors of services
Funding for milder disabilities such as behavioral problems and learning difficulties

Proposed Improvements in Legislation

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States are given more flexibility to allocate and use funds.
Provide parents more voice and choices
Mandate AT assessment evaluation for students with special needs