Distinguishing disability parents, privilege, and special education /
Students in special education programs can have widely divergent experiences. For some, special education amounts to a dumping ground where schools unload their problem students, while for others, it provides access to services and accommodations that drastically improve chances of succeeding in sch...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
| Summary: | Students in special education programs can have widely divergent experiences. For some, special education amounts to a dumping ground where schools unload their problem students, while for others, it provides access to services and accommodations that drastically improve chances of succeeding in school and beyond. Distinguishing Disability argues that this inequity in treatment is directly linked to the disparity in resources possessed by the students' parents. Since the mid-1970s, federal law has empowered parents of public school children to intervene in virtually every aspect of. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 203 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-195) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226630021 (electronic bk.) 0226630021 (electronic bk.) |