Educational Rights Overview . Learning Disabilities . Education. The law is clear: Every child in this country who has a disability — no matter the nature of the disability — has the right to a public education at no cost to their families. Schools must try to meet the individual needs of each child with disabilities by providing special education and related services. The federal law that gives children with disabilities from birth to age 21 the right to a free and appropriate education is called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Free means at no cost to the families. Appropriate means that the educational services must be individually designed to meet each child’s unique needs. The unique and individually designed education plan that is written for a child with a disability is called an Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
If needed, children with disabilities can receive related services at no cost to their family. The law also says that a child with disabilities must be educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE). Your Child's Rights | Child Disabilities. Schools must provide sports for students with disabilities, U.S. ed department says. By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) - Schools must give students with disabilities equal opportunities to participate in extracurricular athletics, including varsity sports, the U.S. Department of Education said Friday. And if existing sports don't meet the needs of those students, schools must create additional athletic programs.
Some advocates compared the move to Title IX, the 1972 amendment that mandated gender equity in education and sports programs at schools receiving federal funds. Denying disabled students’ participation meant that they “may not have equitable access to the health and social benefits” of playing sports, the education department said in a statement Friday. Examples of the kinds of accommodations the department is seeking included offering a visual cue, along with a starter pistol, to allow deaf students to participate in track races or allowing a one-hand touch to end swimming races, rather than a two-hand touch, which would allow students with only one arm to participate.
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Hi! My name is "Kid Quest" or you can call me "KQ" for short. I am here to help you learn more about disabilities and health. Do you know, or are you, a kid who has difficulty moving around? Has difficulty seeing? If you know a kid who has these difficulties or if you have them yourself, then you may know or be a kid with a disability. Through our Web Quest we will become "virtual investigators. " Getting Started First, to be good investigators, you need to: Choose your Quest from the buttons on the left.
What do you want to know? What questions do you need to ask? Will your attitudes and perceptions change because you find new information in your Quest? Fact Checkup Take a "Fact Checkup" before you start each Quest to find out what you think! Disabled World News and Disability Information. Birth Defects. If your baby is born with a birth defect or other health condition, he may need special care at birth and later in life. You may be worried and have lots of questions. It’s OK to feel this way. Birth defects are health conditions that are present at birth. They change the shape or function of one or more parts of the body. Birth defects can cause problems in overall health, how the body develops or how the body works. Learn about birth defects and other health conditions, what they are and how they happen.
Common birth defects include heart defects, cleft lip and cleft palate and spina bifida. Diseases & Conditions.