{"product_id":"9780814708101","title":"Disabled Education: A Critical Analysis of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnacted in\u003cbr\u003e1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act – now called the\u003cbr\u003eIndividuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides all children with the right to a free and appropriate public education. On the face of it, the\u003cbr\u003eIDEA is a shining example of law’s democratizing impulse. But is that really the case? In \u003cb\u003eDisabled Education\u003c\/b\u003e, Ruth Colker digs deep beneath the\u003cbr\u003eIDEA’s surface and reveals that the IDEA contains flaws that were evident at the time of its enactment that limit its effectiveness for poor and minority children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth an expert in disability law and the mother of a child with a hearing impairment,\u003cbr\u003eColker learned first-hand of the Act’s limitations when she embarked on a legal battle to persuade her son’s school to accommodate his impairment. Colker was able to devote the considerable resources of a middle-class lawyer to her struggle and ultimately won, but she knew that the IDEA would not have benefitted her son without her time-consuming and costly legal intervention.\u003cbr\u003eHer experience led her to investigate other cases, which confirmed her suspicions that the IDEA best serves those with the resources to advocate strongly for their children. The IDEA\u003cbr\u003ealso works only as well as the rest of the system does: struggling schools that serve primarily poor students of color rarely have the funds to provide appropriate special education and related services to their students with disabilities. Through a close examination of the historical evolution of the\u003cbr\u003eIDEA, the actual experiences of children who fought for their education in court, and social science literature on the meaning of “learning disability,”\u003cbr\u003eColker reveals the IDEA’s shortcomings, but also suggests ways in which resources might be allocated more evenly along class lines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016734621936,"sku":"9780814708101","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780814708101_p0.jpg?v=1763741509","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780814708101","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}