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  2. Universal Credit - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] An award of UC is made up of different elements, which become payable to the claimant if relevant criteria apply: a standard allowance for singles or couples, child elements and disabled child elements for children in the household, housing cost element, childcare costs element, as well as elements for being a carer or for having ...

  3. Special education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There is a rumor that teachers are forced to test children with severe disabilities. IDEA does cover children under the Disability Act. The problem is that they group all children as having the same severe disability. Erin Dillon a former Senior Policy Analyst, states as a writer for "EducationSector" That all special education students do not ...

  4. Education for All Handicapped Children Act - Wikipedia

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    To ensure that special education services are available to children who need them; To guarantee that decisions about services to students with disabilities are fair and appropriate; To establish specific management and auditing requirements for special education; To provide federal funds to help the states educate students with disabilities

  5. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Wikipedia

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    IDEA is composed of four parts, the main two being part A and part B. [2] Part A covers the general provisions of the law; Part B covers assistance for education of all children with disabilities; Part C covers infants and toddlers with disabilities, including children from birth to age three; and Part D consists of the national support ...

  6. Ed Roberts (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Before the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was passed, Roberts realized that many of the buildings at UC Berkeley were not accessible to him or other wheelchair users. [8] Disability rights activists wanted to end discrimination and have rights for people with disabilities that were mandated and protected by the law.

  7. 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.

  8. Special education - Wikipedia

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    Due to the need of certain services and facilities, the estimated cost of providing education for a disabled child is 2.3 times higher than a child without disabilities. [65] Given the poverty levels in a variety of developing countries, the education of children with disabilities does not become a priority. [66]

  9. 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 apartments.