By Marcie Roth
The Ragged Edge
Marcie Roth is a well-respected, longtime national disability rights advocate.
September 2003
I have been fighting for children with disabilities to be able to receive a
free appropriate public education since before PL 94-142 -- now called the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA -- was passed, back in
1975. I have represented hundreds of families as they fought to get their
children that free appropriate public education in their neighborhood
school, in the classroom the child would have attended if they didn't have
a disability.
VOR's February 20, 2004 edition of the Weekly E-Mail Updated focused on Special Education. Offered was a collection of articles and other resources for families of children with special needs. Specifically,
- About this issue: Special Education
- VOR Position on Special Education: Choices for a lifetime; Options for all
- Laws and Special Education
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Does "Full Inclusion" Violate Federal Law?
- Don't Take Sides on Inclusion
- No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
- NCLB Analogy: No Dentist Left Behind
- Against full inclusion: Special Ed Suit Is Filed in Orange County (excerpts)
- Case for inclusion: Chicago's schools warned on special ed (excerpts)