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Learning Log #2 2/10/09 Special Education Laws:

The entire topic of laws as they pertain to special education has always been dry and dull. I would study the things I was pretty sure I needed to know (read: regurgitate) for tests. Looking at the law as it pertains to technology accommodations has allowed me to see the myriad of laws and their relative importance in a new light. I especially like the Postit.org "Comparison of IDEA, Section 504 and the ADA". It is set up in a way that makes the various aspects of each law individually much easier to understand and it also (and more so) made it much easier to compare one law to the other. This has been tremendously helpful to me.

I made a vow to make this Master's program what I want it to be; not what the university says they think it should be for me. Until now, if this meant never taking Legal Aspects, I was fine with that because, above all else, I wanted to make sure that I was active in making this education meaningful and my own. Though it is a short summary (as is "What Laws Affecting Special Education..."), they put the law in perspective, makes them make sense and makes me consider breaking my vow. Who'd of thunk it?