Chapter 12


	The Education of Students With Special Needs The Growth in Special Education. The Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Public Law 94-142. Is Mainstreaming Always Justified? Equal Access and the Special Student. Identifying Individuals with Special Needs. Labeling as an Issue in Education. The Gifted and the Talented as Students with Special Needs.

	Special Education Resources Extensive resources on Special Education dealing with subjects including legal rights, specific disabilities, early intervention, special education and related services, individualized education programs, family issues, disability organizations, professional associations, education rights and transition to adult life are available online at several government sponsored sites. The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHY) http://www.nichcy.org/index.html Federal Resource Center for Special Education http://www.dssc.org/frc/ Americans with Disabilities Home Page (Department of Justice) http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm National Council on Disability http://www.ncd.gov/index.html

	The Web provides exceptional resources for those interested in different areas of special education. Separate sites can be found for various areas of special needs, as well as on the use of computers by individuals with special needs. Apple's The Disability Connection http://www.apple.com/disability/ Autism Resources http://www.vaporia.com/autism/ Blind Links http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/rblind.html Handspeak Dictionary http://www.handspeak.com/ Down Syndrome http://www.nas.com/downsyn/index.html Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org/ Eric Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education http://ericec.org/index.html Family Village http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/ National Information Center for Children and Youths with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org/ Learning Disabilities Resources http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/cise/ose/categories/ld.html Low Vision Research Group http://www.varrd.emory.edu/LVRGNET/index.html Society for the Autistically Handicapped http://giraffe.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/autism Special Education Links http://www.mts.net/~jgreenco/special.html Special Education Resources on the Internet http://www.hood.edu/seri/serihome.htm Special Education Resources, University of Virginia http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/specialed/ The Web provides exceptional resources for those interested in different areas of special education. Separate sites can be found for various areas of special needs, as well as on the use of computers by individuals with special needs. Apple's The Disability Connection http://www2.apple.com/disability/disability_home.html http://www.apple.com/disability/ Autism Resources http://web.syr.edu/~jmwobus/autism/ http://www.vaporia.com/autism/ Blind Links http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/rblind.html Handspeak Dictionary http://www.handspeak.com/ Down Syndrome http://www.nas.com/downsyn/index.html Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org/ Eric Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education http://ericec.org/index.html Family Village http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/ National Information Center for Children and Youths with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org/ Learning Disabilities Resources http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/cise/ose/categories/ld.html Low Vision Research Group http://www.varrd.emory.edu/LVRGNET/index.html Society for the Autistically Handicapped http://giraffe.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/autism Special Education Links ~http://www.mts.net/~jgreenco/special.html Special Education Resources on the Internet http://www.hood.edu/seri/serihome.htm Special Education Resources, University of Virginia http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/specialed/ Like the more general field of special education, gifted education is well represented on the Internet. Center for Talent Development http://www.yahoo.com/education/k_12/gifted_youth/ Gifted and Talented Education http://www.egusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/gate.html http://www.pitsco.com/P/Respages/gifted.htm Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth (CTY) ~http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/ National Association of Gifted Education http://www.nagc.org/ Stanford Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) http://www-epgy.stanford.edu/

	NetQuest #13 Visiting Education Week Education Week is the main newspaper in the United States devoted to educational issues and news. Go to the paper’s website at: *Education Week* http://www.edweek.org/ Check the “Commnentary” section, which is included in every issue of the newspaper. Find an article that interests you, and be prepared to discuss its pros and cons in class. Look at other parts of the paper for articles that are of interest to you. If you like, you can check to see if your school’s library carries Education Week in its print edition.