A) has more than doubled since the mid-1970s.
B) now makes up about one-third of the number of students receiving special education.
C) has remained fairly stable during the past 30 years.
D) has more than tripled since the mid-1980s.
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A) founded the Special Olympics
B) organized a parent lobby for children with disabilities
C) founded the Council for Exceptional Children
D) developed a technique for teaching children who were both blind and deaf
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A) the ability to hide their disabilities.
B) the eradication of their disabilities.
C) instruction in a special class.
D) improved achievement and behavior.
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A) Fourteenth Amendment
B) Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
C) Americans with Disabilities Act
D) Civil Rights Act
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A) have a disability related to their academic progress.
B) be handicapped.
C) require special educational services to achieve.
D) have a history of school failure.
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A) the theory that disabilities are a matter of social perceptions and values
B) the belief that people with disabilities should have experiences as similar as possible to those of people without disabilities
C) the principle that schools should educate all students in the regular classroom, regardless of the nature of their disabilities
D) the philosophy that students with disabilities should be educated in the environment that will allow them to achieve their maximum potential as adults
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A) ministers or priests.
B) physicians.
C) regular classroom teachers.
D) social workers.
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A) mandate for early childhood special education
B) requirement that public transportation be made accessible to people with disabilities
C) provision of transition services to facilitate movement from school to work for people with disabilities
D) funding to provide technological assistance (e.g., computers, wheel chairs) to people with disabilities
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A) identifying the types of disabilities.
B) placing all students in the regular classroom for the entire day.
C) finding and capitalizing on exceptional students abilities.
D) preventing disabilities.
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A) due process
B) least restrictive environment
C) free, appropriate education
D) nondiscriminatory evaluation
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A) 1900s
B) 1950s
C) 1960s
D) 1980s
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A) Special education uses special equipment and materials.
B) Special education meets individual needs of exceptional students.
C) Special education is delivered by a certified special education teacher.
D) Special education provides greater structure and smaller classes.
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A) Disabilities are functional impairments, while handicaps are disadvantages imposed on an individual.
B) Disabilities are more severe than handicaps.
C) Handicaps are caused by disabilities.
D) There is no real difference between the two; the terms are interchangeable.
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A) requirement that schools provide individualized programs in the least restrictive environment for all students with disabilities
B) provision of free educational services to children with disabilities from birth to age 21
C) prohibition of discrimination against people with disabilities in schools, businesses, or recreational facilities
D) requirement that schools provide a free, appropriate public education for all exceptional students, including those with gifts and talents
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A) disability.
B) age-appropriate disability.
C) age-appropriate inability.
D) instructional inability.
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A) intellectual disorder
B) disordered reasoning
C) intellectual and functional disability
D) intellectual disability
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