Americans with Disabilities Act () If the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was Individuals with Disabilities the first civil rights act for people Education Act (IDEA) with disabilities, the was the second. IDEA replaced the Education of the Closely modeled after the Civil Rights Handicapped Act and expanded Act and Section 504, the law was the discretionary programs. IDEA also most sweeping disability rights included transition and assistive legislation in history. It extended all technology services as special civil rights protections to people with education services and expanded disabilities, including protection from the list of those eligible to include discrimination in employment, children with autism and traumatic transportation, public brain injuries. accommodations, telecommunications, and activities of state and local governments. No Child Left Behind Act The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) This reauthorization of the This act is a federal law that allows Elementary and Secondary eligible employees of covered Education Act (ESEA) represents a employers to take job-protected and sweeping reform of the nation's unpaid leave for qualifying medical and general education system. The Act's family reasons. Leave includes the focus on accountability and testing continuation of group health insurance could potentially have serious coverage with no changes to terms and implications on the education of conditions of the coverage. Qualifying children with disabilities. It also medical and family reasons include: required state plans to be birth of a child, adoption or foster developed in coordination with care placement of a child, personal IDEA.
Americans with Disabilities Act () If the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was the first civil rights act for people with disabilities, the was the second. Closely modeled after the Civil Rights Act and Section 504, the law was the most sweeping disability rights legislation in history. It extended all civil rights protections to people with disabilities, including protection from discrimination in employment, transportation, public accommodations, telecommunications, and activities of state and local governments. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) IDEA replaced the Education of the Handicapped Act and expanded discretionary programs. IDEA also included transition and assistive technology services as special education services and expanded the list of those eligible to include children with autism and traumatic brain injuries. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) This act is a federal law that allows eligible employees of covered employers to take job-protected and unpaid leave for qualifying medical and family reasons. Leave includes the continuation of group health insurance coverage with no changes to terms and conditions of the coverage. Qualifying medical and family reasons include: birth of a child, adoption or foster care placement of a child, personal No Child Left Behind Act This reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) represents a sweeping reform of the nation's general education system. The Act's focus on accountability and testing could potentially have serious implications on the education of children with disabilities. It also required state plans to be developed in coordination with IDEA.
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