WGU D447 WOMENS AND CHILDRENS
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ True or False
Prior to the mid-1970s, education for students with disabilities
was a privilege and not a right.
Answer: True
(Not until after EAHCA children with disabilities given right to
FAPE)
◉ When the IEP team considers how much time the student with
disabilities will spend with students who do not have disabilities,
they are focusing on______.
Answer: The least restrictive environment.
◉ IDEA states that all students with exceptionalities are entitled
to ___.
Answer: A free and public education (FAPE).
◉ This is an amendment to include all devices to disabled infants
and young children. This amendment also covers individuals
transitioning from high school to college.
,Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990
(IDEA)
◉ This mandate defines protected individuals as otherwise
qualified. This mandate also requires that reasonable
accommodations be made.
Answer: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
◉ This mandate extends protections and accommodations to
associated individuals.
Answer: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
◉ Which 13 Disabilities are included as one of the federally
defined categories covered under the provisions outlined in IDEA?
Answer: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Emotional Disturbance
Hearing impairments
Deafness
Speech or language impairments
Traumatic brain injury
Visual impairment including blindness
Specific learning disability
Other health impairment
Intellectual disability
Deaf-blindness
,Orthopedic impairment
Multiple disabilities
◉ Are the following disabilities covered under IDEA?
Eating disorders
Post-Traumatic stress disorder
Seizure disorder
Answer: They are not covered under IDEA
◉ What is PL 94-142?
Answer: Also known as the Education for All Handicapped
Children Act (EAHCA), this law is one of the most important
legislative pieces for special education acting as the Bill of Rights
for students with disabilities.
◉ Section 504
Answer: Part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, this act is known
as a civil rights bill. This act ensures that every student with a
disability is given the same rights, access, and protections as
students without disabilities.
◉ What is the Americans with Disabilities Act
Answer: This law extends civil rights protections to individuals of
any age with a disability so that they are allowed to access both
private and public sectors for services. It states that
discrimination or exclusion is inappropriate and illegal.
, ◉ True or False
All students who qualify for services under Section 504 also
qualify for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Act.
Answer: False
Students cannot qualify for services under both.
◉ Components of IDEA
Answer: Provides additional funding to states for eligible
students.
Covers only students with an educational need.
◉ Components of Section 504
Answer: Does not require the formal, detailed plans that are part
of an Individualized Education Program.
Contains explicit language protecting individuals with disabilities
from harassment or retaliation based on their disability.
Has no age restriction.
◉ What are the 3 components of the definition of disability that
the ADA and Section 504 protect for individuals?
Answer: -Have a physics or mental impairment that substantially
limits one or more major life activities
-Have a record of such impairment
-Are regarded as having such an impairment
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ True or False
Prior to the mid-1970s, education for students with disabilities
was a privilege and not a right.
Answer: True
(Not until after EAHCA children with disabilities given right to
FAPE)
◉ When the IEP team considers how much time the student with
disabilities will spend with students who do not have disabilities,
they are focusing on______.
Answer: The least restrictive environment.
◉ IDEA states that all students with exceptionalities are entitled
to ___.
Answer: A free and public education (FAPE).
◉ This is an amendment to include all devices to disabled infants
and young children. This amendment also covers individuals
transitioning from high school to college.
,Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990
(IDEA)
◉ This mandate defines protected individuals as otherwise
qualified. This mandate also requires that reasonable
accommodations be made.
Answer: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
◉ This mandate extends protections and accommodations to
associated individuals.
Answer: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
◉ Which 13 Disabilities are included as one of the federally
defined categories covered under the provisions outlined in IDEA?
Answer: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Emotional Disturbance
Hearing impairments
Deafness
Speech or language impairments
Traumatic brain injury
Visual impairment including blindness
Specific learning disability
Other health impairment
Intellectual disability
Deaf-blindness
,Orthopedic impairment
Multiple disabilities
◉ Are the following disabilities covered under IDEA?
Eating disorders
Post-Traumatic stress disorder
Seizure disorder
Answer: They are not covered under IDEA
◉ What is PL 94-142?
Answer: Also known as the Education for All Handicapped
Children Act (EAHCA), this law is one of the most important
legislative pieces for special education acting as the Bill of Rights
for students with disabilities.
◉ Section 504
Answer: Part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, this act is known
as a civil rights bill. This act ensures that every student with a
disability is given the same rights, access, and protections as
students without disabilities.
◉ What is the Americans with Disabilities Act
Answer: This law extends civil rights protections to individuals of
any age with a disability so that they are allowed to access both
private and public sectors for services. It states that
discrimination or exclusion is inappropriate and illegal.
, ◉ True or False
All students who qualify for services under Section 504 also
qualify for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Act.
Answer: False
Students cannot qualify for services under both.
◉ Components of IDEA
Answer: Provides additional funding to states for eligible
students.
Covers only students with an educational need.
◉ Components of Section 504
Answer: Does not require the formal, detailed plans that are part
of an Individualized Education Program.
Contains explicit language protecting individuals with disabilities
from harassment or retaliation based on their disability.
Has no age restriction.
◉ What are the 3 components of the definition of disability that
the ADA and Section 504 protect for individuals?
Answer: -Have a physics or mental impairment that substantially
limits one or more major life activities
-Have a record of such impairment
-Are regarded as having such an impairment
