Education and Disability
Read the following articles (two are required, and the last two are optional):
1. Bullying of Students with Disabilities
2. Children with Disabilities on Global Partnership
3. Special Education Leads to Jail
4. IDEA: What You Need to Know
Please respond to each of the following questions. Make sure to provide specific examples from the readings to support your answer (you provide examples from either video, readings, or both-however do not just reference 1 source for all your answers in this assignment). You can also use information you read/viewed in assignments this week to back up your answers. Your paper should be between 250-400 words in length.
1. Provide examples where there is prejudice, stigma and/or discrimination toward PWD specific to education.
2. In your opinion, based on readings/video, what are some of the most significant barriers for students with disabilities to access equal education as their peers who do not have disabilities.
3. In reference to education, how do we create a learning environment that provides accessible education that is universally designed to meet the learning needs of ANY student. What are some of the opportunities and challenges with doing this?
4. What are some of your thoughts/reactions to this weeks materials.