02139nam a2200289 a 4500942000700000999001700007001001400024003000400038008004100042020001500083020001500098020001800113020001800131020001800149039006200167040000600229041000800235082001000243099001000253100002700263245014100290260004000431520124500471650003801716650002801754856006701782  c10  c66070d66070vtls000069367MTX160715s2011                  001 0 eng d  a0226630005  a0226630013  a9780226630007  a9780226630014  a9780226630021 9a201607151117bstaffc1dSTAFF MATRIXc201306272317dVLOAD  a 0 aeng  a371.9  aEbook1 aColin Ong-Dean.919201  aDistinguishing disability:bparents, privilege, and special education/h[electronic resource]cDistinguishing disability/Colin Ong-Dean.  bUniversity of Chicago Press,c2009.  aStudents in special education programs can have widely divergent experiences. For some, special education amounts to a dumping ground where schools unload their problem students, while for others, it provides access to services and accommodations that drastically improve chances of succeeding in school and beyond. Distinguishing Disability argues that this inequity in treatment is directly linked to the disparity in resources possessed by the students parents.  Since the mid-1970s, federal law has empowered parents of public school children to intervene in virtually every aspect of the decision making involved in special education. However, Colin Ong-Dean reveals that this power is generally available only to those parents with the money, educational background, and confidence needed to make effective claims about their childrens disabilities and related needs. Ong-Dean documents this class divide by examining a wealth of evidence, including historic rates of learning disability diagnosis, court decisions, and advice literature for parents of disabled children. In an era of expanding special education enrollment, Distinguishing Disability is a timely analysis of the way this expansion has created new kinds of inequality.  aChildren with disabilities919202  aSpecial education9851241uhttp://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/UCHIB0000696.html