This book covers the transition of individuals with mild to severe disabilities from a school-age program to all aspects of adult life. The text addresses not only the transition of students with disabilities to employment, but also the transition to future living and post-secondary educational environments. Self-determination, interpersonal, and community integration knowledge and skills are integrated throughout. Transition Education and Services for Students with Disabilities builds upon the success of past editions and continues to expand content to include students with severe disabilities and students at the elementary and middle school levels. This text addresses the ideal and the real in terms of the relationship of the field of transition education and services to the standards-based reform movement in education. This book is intended for use by those in pre-service education programs at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as those currently teaching in secondary special education programs and/or providing transition education and services.
Casey Martin is a talented golfer. Martin is also an individual with a disability as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA or Act). Since birth he has been afflicted with KlippelTrenaunay-Weber Syndrome, ...
Ready, Willing and Able: Differently Abled Workers Speak Out
... were conceived ofby the outgoing Conservative administration and enshrined in the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act of 1996 (HM Government, 1996b) that was rolled out by the New Labour government in 1997 (Pearson, 2004).
Functional Life Planning
This book explores the diverse ways in which disability activism and advocacy are experienced and practised by people with disabilities and their allies.
The Real Guide: True Travel Stories by and for People with Disabilities. Able to travel
Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities across the lifespan.
Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities across the lifespan.
This title comprehensively covers the law of disability discrimination, particularly in light of the Equality Act 2010. The book provides an overview of the law and a guide to managing litigation.
The book provides an understanding of why disabled students experience inequality and exclusion within higher education and identifies those areas where change is needed to secure an inclusive educational environment.