Testing and Self-Advocacy

In 1973, the Rehabilitation Act was the first time people with disabilities were seen as a ____.

• people
• civil union
• minority
• society

Section 504 of the Act banned discrimination against people with disabilities in

• programs that get federal financial assistance
• programs that get private financial assistance
• programs that get no financial assistance
• programs that get bank loan financial assistance

Examples of the discrimination that were found before the 1990 ADA included:

• restaurants refusing to service people with service dogs
• wheelchair users having to abandon their wheelchairs if they wanted to ride a bus or a train
• businesses could legally pay employees with disabilities less than non-disabled employees doing the same work
• businesses could refuse to hire people just because they had a disability

The Americans with Disabilities ACT of 1990 made it illegal to discriminate based on disablitiy and required public accommdations to be ___.

• given
• accessible
• modified
• added

Title I of the ADA focuses on

• employment
• Public entities and transportation
• Public accommodations and commercial facilities
• telecommunications
• provisions

The ADA says that there can't be any discrimination in any aspect of employment, including (name 5 of the 7):

Reasonable accommodations must be provided by the employer unless they will cause __.

• extra work
• problems for other employees
• undue hardships
• unfair advantage

Once in college, a student must ___ if they want to receive accommodations.

• ask their parent to write a letter
• email the President of the school
• request evaluation be sent to school from high school
• self-identify

The Office of Services will request ____ in order to approve accommdations.

• a copy of your IEP
• a copy of your medical file from your general practioner
• a copy of your psychoeducational evaluation
• a copy of your high school transcript

Which of the following is true.

• The Office of Services does not need signed consent to inform your professors of your need of accommodations because you self-reported to them.
• You have to sign to waive your FERPA rights for your parents to talk with the college about you.
• Your professors may not allow all of your accommodations, but you can fight it with your school's Office of Services.
• Your college will automatically approve accommodations if you received them in high school.
• You must meet with your professors at the beginning of each semester to review your accommodations plan.