GEDU 632 - Disability Activism, Law & Pol

Unit(s): 3

This course provides a historical perspective to understand the emergence of disability law and public policy. Topics include early industrialization, compulsory schooling, American eugenics, institutionalization, and the Disability Rights Movement. Federal legislation, key statues, and landmark court cases associated with both disability rights and educational rights for students with disabilities are explored. Disability memoir, case law, guest speakers, as well as seminal and current critiques of the law are used, to support students in understanding the variation in interpretation of law, and the implications of this variation for students with disabilities in P-22 schools.

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