1 Disability Rights Laws in Public Primary and Secondary Education

  • Author: adata.org
  • Published: 02/13/2022
  • Review: 4.8 (969 vote)
  • Summary: Parents and caregivers of children with disabilities are often confused about which laws protect their children from discrimination and provide access to 
  • Detail: https://adata.org/factsheet/disability-rights-laws-public-primary-and-secondary-education-how-do-they-relate

2 Section 504 and ADA: Protecting Children with Disabilties from

  • Author: wrightslaw.com
  • Published: 05/18/2022
  • Review: 4.68 (234 vote)
  • Summary: Section 504 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Section 504 ensures that the child with a disability 
  • Detail: https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/sec504.index.htm

3 Students with Disabilities | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

  • Author: dpi.wi.gov
  • Published: 01/23/2022
  • Review: 4.47 (287 vote)
  • Summary: Students eligible under either Section 504 or special education laws must be provided with reasonable accommodations to allow them to access educational 
  • Detail: https://dpi.wi.gov/online-blended-learning/special-education

4 ENDING DISCRIMINATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION (2nd Ed.)

  • Author: ccthomas.com
  • Published: 03/07/2022
  • Review: 4.31 (221 vote)
  • Summary: The first is that some students who do not need special education are inappropriately placed, whereas others may be overlooked. Second, he asserts that special 
  • Detail: https://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm%3FP_ISBN13%3D9780398083687

5 Ed Department to Update 45-Year-Old Federal Law Protecting

  • Author: the74million.org
  • Published: 11/10/2021
  • Review: 4.11 (506 vote)
  • Summary: · Special education experts say there’s wide variation in how school districts accommodate students’ needs in the classroom and that parents are 
  • Detail: https://www.the74million.org/article/ed-department-to-update-45-year-old-federal-law-protecting-children-with-disabilities-from-discrimination/

6 Disability Discrimination Law – Special Education Law Firm

  • Author: clearyfowler.com
  • Published: 06/09/2022
  • Review: 3.88 (537 vote)
  • Summary: A Section 504 plan is derived from the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, both of which prohibit discrimination against 
  • Detail: https://www.clearyfowler.com/disability-discrimination-law.php

7 Disability Discrimination: Students – Albuquerque Public Schools

  • Author: aps.edu
  • Published: 11/06/2021
  • Review: 3.64 (304 vote)
  • Summary: · Taunting and belittling a student with special needs by mocking and intimidation. PREVENTION AND REMEDIATION. School personnel who become aware 
  • Detail: https://www.aps.edu/about-us/policies-and-procedural-directives/procedural-directives/j.-students/disability-discrimination-students

8 Section 504 | Texas Education Agency

  • Author: tea.texas.gov
  • Published: 03/18/2022
  • Review: 3.4 (304 vote)
  • Summary: Section 504 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department 
  • Detail: https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/section-504

9 Disability Law: Which Laws Do What? – Understood.org

  • Author: understood.org
  • Published: 10/20/2021
  • Review: 3.32 (537 vote)
  • Summary: Schools do this by providing services. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504): This civil rights law prohibits disability discrimination at schools 
  • Detail: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/at-a-glance-which-laws-do-what

10 Special education discrimination investigation dismissed by feds

  • Author: indystar.com
  • Published: 08/14/2022
  • Review: 3.1 (507 vote)
  • Summary: · Under federal law, schools are required to provide a “free appropriate public education” to each qualified student with a disability. What we 
  • Detail: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2021/06/29/us-education-department-investigation-into-indianas-special-education-dismissed/7797054002/

11 (16.1) What is disability-based discrimination? – SERR

  • Author: serr.disabilityrightsca.org
  • Published: 11/07/2021
  • Review: 2.8 (127 vote)
  • Summary: Disability discrimination means denying students with disabilities equal access to educational programs as students who do not have disabilities
  • Detail: https://serr.disabilityrightsca.org/serr-manual/chapter-16-information-on-section-504-and-disability-based-discrimination/16-1-what-is-disability-based-discrimination/

12 Disability Discrimination Law in Schools – Justia

  • Author: justia.com
  • Published: 01/01/2022
  • Review: 2.75 (184 vote)
  • Summary: · Federal laws prohibit schools from discriminating against children with disabilities and require schools to accommodate their medical needs
  • Detail: https://www.justia.com/education/discrimination-in-education/disability-discrimination-at-schools/

13 Dear Colleague Letter on Preventing Racial Discrimination in

  • Author: parentcenterhub.org
  • Published: 08/14/2022
  • Review: 2.73 (61 vote)
  • Summary: equitable treatment in the evaluation process, in the quality of special education services and supports they receive, and in the degree of restrictiveness of 
  • Detail: https://www.parentcenterhub.org/dcl-on-preventing-racial-discrimination/

14 Types Of Educational Opportunities Discrimination

  • Author: justice.gov
  • Published: 03/02/2022
  • Review: 2.53 (123 vote)
  • Summary: · fails to provide language acquisition assistance to ELL students because they receive special education services, or fails to provide special 
  • Detail: https://www.justice.gov/crt/types-educational-opportunities-discrimination

15 No, special education does not treat disability like a disease and is

  • Author: washingtonpost.com
  • Published: 07/04/2022
  • Review: 2.59 (121 vote)
  • Summary: · Historically, the discriminatory exclusion of students with disabilities has occurred in two ways — exclusion from public schools and, for those 
  • Detail: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/02/25/no-special-education-does-not-treat-disability-like-disease-is-not-obsessed-with-forcing-students-conform/

16 Complaint Filed on Behalf of Students with Disabilities for

  • Author: dredf.org
  • Published: 07/14/2022
  • Review: 2.4 (157 vote)
  • Summary: · Even school districts that agree to admit disabled students in Independent Study demand that they give up their right to the special education 
  • Detail: https://dredf.org/2021/09/21/complaint-filed-on-behalf-of-students-with-disabilities-for-discrimination-from-new-california-distance-learning-law/

17 Disability discrimination in education – childlawadvice.org.uk

  • Author: childlawadvice.org.uk
  • Published: 03/18/2022
  • Review: 2.27 (72 vote)
  • Summary: Disability is considered a ‘protected characteristic’ under the Equality Act 2010. Therefore it is unlawful, in the context of education, for an education 
  • Detail: https://childlawadvice.org.uk/information-pages/disability-discrimination-in-education/

18 Filing a Civil-Rights Complaint for Your Child With Special Needs

  • Author: esme.com
  • Published: 10/21/2021
  • Review: 2.17 (130 vote)
  • Summary: Anyone can file a complaint with the OCR if he or she feels that a child is being discriminated against because of the child’s disability. For kids in school, 
  • Detail: https://esme.com/resources/special-needs/whens-and-whys-of-filing-a-civil-rights-complaint

19 Discrimination Against Disabled Students in Higher Learning

  • Author: patientsrising.org
  • Published: 07/10/2022
  • Review: 2.15 (168 vote)
  • Summary: · There are two federal laws that prohibit disability discrimination in higher education. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and 
  • Detail: https://www.patientsrising.org/discrimination-against-disabled-students-in-higher-learning/

20 What Is the Average Settlement for Disability Discrimination in

  • Author: educationattorney.com
  • Published: 05/02/2022
  • Review: 2.04 (191 vote)
  • Summary: Disability discrimination is when someone discriminates against an individual who has a disability by either refusing to provide them with reasonable 
  • Detail: https://educationattorney.com/average-settlement-for-disability-discrimination-in-schools/

21 Disability Discrimination in School Settings (And How to Avoid It)

  • Author: theheadteacher.com
  • Published: 06/16/2022
  • Review: 1.8 (158 vote)
  • Summary: · A school therefore mustn’t discriminate against a disabled pupil in relation to admissions, how their education is provided, exclusion, 
  • Detail: https://www.theheadteacher.com/staff-management/law/disability-discrimination-in-school-settings-and-how-to-avoid-it

22 WHICH LAWS PROTECT MY CHILD FROM DISCRIMINATION AND

  • Author: mcandrewslaw.com
  • Published: 12/29/2021
  • Review: 1.69 (174 vote)
  • Summary: It prohibits discrimination against students with disabilities. Under Section 504, students with disabilities must be provided with appropriate educational 
  • Detail: https://mcandrewslaw.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/which-laws-protect-my-child-from-discrimination-and-harassment/

23 Disability discrimination in school – Contact a Family

  • Author: contact.org.uk
  • Published: 03/05/2022
  • Review: 1.66 (158 vote)
  • Summary: Disability discrimination is when a disabled pupil is treated worse than a non-disabled child or where a school has not done things differently for a 
  • Detail: https://contact.org.uk/help-for-families/information-advice-services/education-learning/disability-discrimination-in-school/

24 Black boys’ special education rights “systematically” violated in DPS

  • Author: cpr.org
  • Published: 01/04/2022
  • Review: 1.54 (125 vote)
  • Summary: · The Individuals with Disabilities Act also requires students to be educated in their “least restrictive environment,” which it says the district 
  • Detail: https://www.cpr.org/2022/09/14/black-boys-special-education-rights-systematically-violated-in-dps-says-state-complaints-officer/

25 Students with Disabilities | NC DPI

  • Author: dpi.nc.gov
  • Published: 06/30/2022
  • Review: 1.52 (135 vote)
  • Summary: Section 504 is part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. It is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination of students on the bases of a handicapping 
  • Detail: https://www.dpi.nc.gov/students-families/parents-corner/students-disabilities