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For each question, craft your original response with in text citations and references at the end. Your response should be substantive and thoughtful and fully respond to the question. Cite all information you share from sources other than yourself in APA format. Your original response should always have at least two references. Responses should be SUBSTANTIVE, relevant, and on topic, as well as advance the class discussion through critical thinking.
Be sure to provide enough reference information in your responses so that we can find the page/quotation/etc. that you are referring to or discussing in your responses. (Citations should be incorporated) YOU MAY NOT USE ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES (UNLESS STATED) – ONLY WHAT IS PROVIDED.
Try to focus on your analysis rather than a summary of the articles.
Objectives:
In this unit, we will begin to explore the major statutes and rules and guidance’s that govern every aspect of the major activities we conduct in a disability services office in higher education. This unit will provide an overview of the ADA, ADAAA, Section 504, DOJ regulations, OCR settlement agreements, and other guidance from OCR.
Gain a basic understanding of the major sources of disability law that govern higher education.
Learn where to look to find the legal information disability services professionals need.
Better understand the ways sources of law and the agencies that enforce them interact.
Length: Total of approximately (2 PAGES) for Readings – BE SURE TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS BELOW
The overwhelming margin by which Congress passed the ADAAA raises interesting questions about the legislative process.
1) If the Court’s decisions, limiting the scope of coverage of the ADA, were clearly inconsistent with Congress’s original intent, why did it take nearly a decade for Congress to reverse those Court decisions through legislation?
2) Why did it take nearly a decade for Congress to reverse those decisions through legislation?
3) What were the precipitating factors that caused these amendments to be enacted in the fall of 2008?
4) Would such a sweeping amendment to the ADA happen today?
Source: The Law of Disability Discrimination for Higher Ed Professionals (2014) p. 14
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Part 2: GIVE A SYNTHESIS/REFLECTION OF “Statues and Guiding Principles†IN YOUR OWN WORDS REFERENCING THE READINGS (2 pages total)
HINT FOCUS ON THE OBJECTIVE
Your responses should be SUBSTANTIVE: they should demonstrate a serious engagement with the text(s), all claims you make should be fully and completely explained, and claims about what the text says should be backed with PROPER quotations and/or evidence from the text. Be sure to provide enough reference information in your responses so that we can find the page/quotation/etc. that you are referring to or discussing in your responses. YOU MAY NOT USE ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES – ONLY WHAT IS PROVIDED.
This should focus more on your SYNTHESIS / REFLECTION / REACTION (Citations should be incorporated) in approximately (2 Pages). Cite the source after response
Citations: APA Style
5 Readings TOTAL:
PDF FILES:
1) Ch. 1 pp. 14 – 17 (text) =’s page 30 – 33 in the Textbook Part 1 PDF The Law of Disability Discrimination for Higher Ed Professionals (2014)
2) View Week Three PowerPoint, Overview of Statutes and Guiding Principles (ppt or pdf)
WEBSITES:
3) ADA Purpose and history: https://www.adaanniversary.org/findings_purpose
4) ADA and Higher Education: http://ada-one.com/focus/higher-education/
5) Equality of Opportunity: The Making of the ADA
https://ncd.gov/publications/2010/equality_of_Opportunity_The_Making_of_the_Americans_with_Disabilities_Act (Epilogue pp 150-156)
