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Defining Characteristics of Learning Disabilities

disabilities and those who need special education or related services (U.S. Department of Education, 1997, p. 1; 2002). The defi...

Analyzing the Letting Handicapped Babies Die Article

keep it alive" (Christian Answers to Moral Problems, 2002). Furthermore, in their article entitled "Letting Handicapped ...

The Impact of FDR's Disability on the Presidency

of both his campaign and presidency so that the vast majority of his adoring constituency had no idea how severe his condition act...

Public Schools, Religion, Drug Testing, and Children with Disabilities

In other words, the first amendment allows for prayer in school so long as educators and administrators do not lead the...

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Special Education Transition Programs

21 to 64 year-old age group who have severe disabilities have even higher rates of unemployment - 73.9 percent (Hagner, McGahie an...

Learning Disability Dyscalculia

other disabilities such as developmental arithmetic disorder, also known as dyscalculia which involves a child being unable to rec...

Article Review: How to Use Problem- Solving to Learn Algebra

This 5 page paper summarizes and analyzes a journal article entitled Effects of a Problem-Solving Strategy on the Introductory Alg...

Learning Potential Among Students With Learning Disabilities

This paper examines various learning styles, as well as different learning theory relating to the education of students with learn...

The Lawsuit Filed by Casey Martin Against the PGA

free ride, so to speak, would be an unfair advantage to the other players on the course" (Winters PG). However, in defense of the...

Individuals with Disabilities and Sports

In five pages this paper discusses the participation of individuals with disabilities from ethical and legal perspectives. Eight ...

Two Articles on Disabled Veterans

In six pages 2 articles pertaining to veterans with disabilities are compared with a discussion of post traumatic stress disorder ...

Behavioral Issues Among Students With Learning Disabilities

could accommodate virtually every child in class. Thankfully, it eventually became obvious that the problem with overwhelming num...

Learning Disabled Students and Mathematics

mathematics is strictly needed. By conducting such a study it was shown that learning-disabled students can indeed be taught such...

Adults with Disabilities and Discrimination

continues to convey disdain for disabled adults speaks to the issue of unmitigated social intolerance. One of the many ways in wh...

Reading Disabilities and Exceptional Children Interventions

events and the relations of those events. This simultaneously gains insight into the brains representation of language and into t...

Article Review on Occupational Therapy

comes from significant literature that has found: mothers of children with disabilities spend so much time in child care, they are...

Sutton v. United Airlines and ADA

the positions who were deemed to be more "normal." It also assured that those Americans with a disease which was thought to be too...

Elementary Education and Difficulties in Writing and Reading

education, sometimes leaving little room for choice. This is true as teachers wrestle with their own autonomy and the school board...

Barriers to Communication for Deaf Children

rather than concentrating on the disabled individual as having "deficits" within themselves (the medical model). They look at the ...

UK Qualitative Study Proposal on Understanding the Effects of Sexual Abuse on Adult Learning Disabilities

services in the U.K. In 1997 the Lewisham Social Services described the protection of adults with learning disabilities as "a rela...

Higher Education and People with Physical Disabilities

the situations in the country. Literature Review The first article to be examined is one that discusses wheelchair sports in o...

Mentally Disabled Children and Language

In eleven pages this paper discusses how language instruction should be approached regarding children suffering from mental disabi...

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and Themes

In seven pages this paper examines how culture and nature are thematically expressed by Robert Louis Stevenson in Treasure Island ...

Vocational Rehabilitation and African American Males with Disabilities

and Program Participation data. According to this survey, there are about 4.2 million disabled African Americans in the United Sta...

An Argument in Favor of Right Side Steering Wheels for Americans

In a paper that contains five pages the benefits of a steering wheeel positioned on the right side for Americans is made and inclu...

Canada, Mercy Killing, and R v. Latimer

only 38 pounds and had to wear diapers. She could not sit up or feed herself and her vision was impaired. There was always a bucke...

Massachusetts' Educational Law and Least Restrictive Environment Implementation

In five pages this paper examines the Chapter 766 update of Massachusetts' educational law regarding special education and childre...

4 Topics Summarized

In six pages four topics are discussed and include learning disabilities and educational interventions, psychological and educatio...

Restrictive Environment and Application of Social Impact Analysis

In six pages this paper discusses classroom inclusion of students with disabilities in social impact scenarios that include no cha...

Disability Counseling Innovations

In 8 pages this paper examines new rehabilitation programs for people with disability that trains them to sufficiently utilize tec...