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What is an advocate?
Someone who acts on behalf of or for another person’s cause.
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What are all ages?
The ages covered by Sections 504 American Rehabilitation Act.
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What is a 504?
Not an education law, THIS is a Civil Rights statute.
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What is vision impairment?
An impairment that includes total blindness all the way to low vision.
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What is Part B, 3-21 years old, and Part C, 0-3 years old?
IDEA serves children in two "parts" that are broken into these age brackets.
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What is formal advocacy?
Letter writing or affecting legislation is a form of this.
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What is zero dollars?
This is how much funding is provided for 504 plans.
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What are the Standards for Evaluation and Eligibility Determination?
This SC Reference Guide goes by the acronym SEED.
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What is Autism (Spectrum Disorder)?
A developmental disability which significantly affects social interaction and verbal and non-verbal communication; general evident before age 3.
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What is the Education for All Handicapped Children Act?
Mills v Board of Education (Washington DC) is one of two landmark cases that helped shape THIS 1975 Act.
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What is informal advocacy?
Learning your rights and networking with others are examples of this.
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What is the Office of Civil Rights?
When there is a 504 violation, this is where the complaint is filed.
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What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)?
This disability is characterized by argumentative, uncooperative, and hostile behavior.
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What is hearing impairment?
This type of disability may be aided by a cochlear implant.
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What is 40%?
In 1975, Congress said that the federal government would fund this percentage of all special education expenses.
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What is affective support?
Being assertive but not aggressive, not being adversarial, and appropriately addressing emotions in emotionally charged situations are all forms of this.
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What is "one or more major life activities"?
To be eligible, a person must have a disability that substantially limits this.
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What is the 1970s/civil rights era?
This decade/era was a crucial turning point (in regards to legislation) for person with disabilities and their families.
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What is Specific Learning Disability?
This federal disability category includes more than half of all children in special education.
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What is must meet one of 13 disability categories?
Eligibility is three-pronged: 1) disability must adversely affect educational performance 2) must require education services and this.
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What is instrumental support?
Knowledge of laws and knowledge of how to advocate for services are examples of this.
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What is federal funding?
504 applies anywhere that receives this type of funding.
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What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
This disability cannot be diagnosed by the school, it must be diagnosed by an outside medical professional.
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What are FAPE and LRE?
These two premises ensure that students with disabilities are provided an education in a suitable placement with typically developing peers as much as possible.
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What is the state education agency (SEA) and the local education agency (LEA)?
After the federal government funding for special education expenses, the remainder falls on these two agencies.
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