Education and Learning

Whether it is getting ready for kindergarten or heading away to a University, school is an important part of everyday life. Today, life-long learning is a reality for everyone!

• Public Laws and Education
• Educational Advocacy
• Assistive Technology to Support Education
• Learning on the World Wide Web
• Vocational Education
• Higher Education
• Link to Education and Learning Discussion

Public Laws and Education

• Department of Education Office of Civil Rights
  • Disability discrimination
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS), Department of Education - Homepage
  • IEP - guide for parents.
  • IDEA
  • IDEA - 25th anniversary website.
  • IDEA - 22nd Annual Report to Congress
• Inclusion for very young children
• An overview of Education in the 20th Century
• Education Law Project of Pennsylvania - scroll down to publications that can be downloaded in .PDF format.
• A down-loadable training program called IDEA '97 from OSEP.
• The Education of Children and Youth with Special Needs: What do the Laws Say?
• The Rehabilitation Act, Section 504 - the text of the law.
• A comparison of Section 504 and IDEA - written by James Rosenfield, Esq.
• Section 504 Resources and IDEA - website of the Council of Educators for Students with Disabilities.
• The ADA National Access for Public Schools Project - Making public schools accessible.
• First Day of School - by Carol Sowell in Quest, the publication of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Educational Advocacy

• Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability(CSADP) - provides public education, leadership development and training, technical assistance, and conducts action-research.
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
• Technical Assistance for IDEA
• Special Education Resources on the Internet
• Parents, Lets Unite for Kids - check in the publication section!

Assistive Technology to Support Education

• Apple Computer K-12 Disability Resources
• Alliance for Technology Access
• Barrier Free Education - a resource site helping students with disabilities gain access to math and science education. The text and links at this site are intended to inform and assist students with disabilities, parents, and teachers.
• Books on Assistive Technology - at Amazon.com. Search on books and assistive technology.
• DREAMMS - facilitating the use of computers, assistive and adaptive technologies, and quality instructional technologies.
• Education Law Project of Pennsylvania - has a fact sheet in .PDF format entitled Assistive Technology For Special Needs Students
• Educational Technology: Assuring Access for Students with Disabilities - a project of the Misouri Assistive Technology Project.
• Family Guide to Assistive Technology - developed by Parents, Lets Unite for Kids in Billings, MT.
• Microsoft Accessiblity Resources
• The National Assistive Technology Advocacy Project - sponsored by Neighborhood Legal Services in New York.
• Pennsylvania Department of Education - resources for Assistive Technology service delivery.
• TECHIdeas - a website of the OSEP that provides information on the use of technology to support the education of students with disabilities.

Learning on the World Wide Web

• Class.com - a complete high school diploma from the nation's first fully accredited, university-based independent study high school
• Distance Education Clearinghouse - a resource at the University of Wisconsin.
• Online Course in Gerontology, Univerrsity of Sourthern California
• Distance Education at a Glance - a resource at the University of Idaho.
• Online School: A boon for disabled students -- and teachers written by John M. Williams for Business Week On-Line.
• A less expensive source of college text books - ecampus.com

Vocational Education

• Accessible Pennsylvania - information on education, vocational rehabilitation and employment in PA
• Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability(CSADP) - provides public education, leadership development and training, technical assistance, and conducts action-research.
• EUREKA CCIS - EUREKA career information system.
• Career and Technical Education - from the Department of Education.
• National Center for Research in Vocational Education
• US Rehab - technical service training

Higher Education

• Association on Higher Education and Disability
• EUREKA CCIS - college and scholarship information.
• Project EASI - Equal Access to Software and Information at the Rochester Institute of Technology
• DO-IT Program - for college-bound high school students with a disability.
  • College preparation and access - a resource at DO-IT, University of Washington.

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Last Updated: 3-2-2006