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  2. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Wikipedia

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    The IDEA includes requirements that schools provide each disabled student an education that: is designed to meet the unique needs of that one student; provides "access to the general curriculum to meet the challenging expectations established for all children" (that is, it meets the approximate grade-level standards of the state educational ...

  3. Special needs exception - Wikipedia

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    The "special needs" exception is an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s general requirement that government searches be supported by a warrant and probable cause. [1] The exception applies when (1) the government conducts programmatic searches that are primarily aimed at advancing some special need other than criminal law enforcement, and (2) the government’s search program is reasonable ...

  4. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The law also required that disabled children be taught in a setting that resembles as closely as possible the regular school program, while also meeting their special needs. [ 3 ] [ 60 ] [ 117 ] 1975 – The Atlantis Community of Denver, Colorado, was founded by Wade Blank , who relocated adults with severe disabilities from a nursing home to ...

  5. Free Appropriate Public Education - Wikipedia

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    FAPE is a civil right rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which includes the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses.. FAPE is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (7 CFR 15b.22) [6] as "the provision of regular or special education and related aids and services that (i) are designed to meet individual needs of handicapped persons as adequately as the ...

  6. Special needs - Wikipedia

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    In the United States "special needs" is a legal term applying in foster care, derived from the language in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. It is a diagnosis used to classify children as needing more services than those children without special needs who are in the foster care system.

  7. Special education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Special education in the United States enables students with exceptional learning needs to access resources through special education programs. "The idea of excluding students with any disability from public school education can be traced back to 1893, when the Massachusetts Supreme Court expelled a student merely due to poor academic ability". [1]

  8. Education for All Handicapped Children Act - Wikipedia

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    The school district in Cumberland, Rhode Island originally agreed to subsidize Tommy's education by placing him in a program for special needs children at the Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital. The school district later decided to remove Tommy from that program and send him to the Rhode Island Division of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals ...

  9. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    Other requirements exist, based on pool size, include providing a certain number of accessible means of entry and exit, which are outlined in Section 242 of the standards. However, businesses are free to consider the differences in the application of the rules depending on whether the pool is new or altered, or whether the swimming pool was in ...