Mentor/s
Professor McLaughlin Professor Ignani
Participation Type
Poster
Abstract
Legislation and the education system has come a long way since the 1800’s, however, there is still much to be done in order to protect and equally education disabled students. Especially concerning centers for higher education where private funding does not necessarily account for accommodations and resources for students with disabilities. It is not yet a branch of education that was covered in any of the previous laws made. It was a blind spot that needed a political backbone in order to ensure these students with disabilities were still being taken care of all the way throughout the school system even to higher education. Society, the federal government, and the education system has come so far to protect and better educate students with disabilities. It is important to continue pushing on that track towards better rights for disabled students. They are often a forgotten population, and they need society’s support the most.Especially when it comes to disabled students in higher education the fight is not over yet, and neither is the trial and error process of learning what works best for both the students and the institutions.
College and Major available
English, College of Arts and Sciences
Location
Digital Commons & West Campus 2nd Floor University Commons
Start Day/Time
4-28-2023 12:00 PM
End Day/Time
4-28-2023 2:00 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Prize Categories
Most Scholarly Impact or Potential, Most Creative, Best Writing
Disibility Laws and The Education System: Enough to Protect and Properly Educate Disabled Students?
Digital Commons & West Campus 2nd Floor University Commons
Legislation and the education system has come a long way since the 1800’s, however, there is still much to be done in order to protect and equally education disabled students. Especially concerning centers for higher education where private funding does not necessarily account for accommodations and resources for students with disabilities. It is not yet a branch of education that was covered in any of the previous laws made. It was a blind spot that needed a political backbone in order to ensure these students with disabilities were still being taken care of all the way throughout the school system even to higher education. Society, the federal government, and the education system has come so far to protect and better educate students with disabilities. It is important to continue pushing on that track towards better rights for disabled students. They are often a forgotten population, and they need society’s support the most.Especially when it comes to disabled students in higher education the fight is not over yet, and neither is the trial and error process of learning what works best for both the students and the institutions.
Students' Information
Rena Casalinho, English, Honors student, 2023