Beach Center Disability Policy
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Disability Policy encompasses legal and policy analysis research related to federal and state policy related to families and individuals affected by disability. In particular, it addresses formal, written policies (“policy on the books”) and the implementation and outcomes of policy (“policy on the streets”) related to general and special education, social services, health-care, and the human genome project. It includes research on the 18 core concepts of disability policy.
Beach Center on Disability
Recent Submissions
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The Relationship of Inquiry to Public Policy
(The Relationship of Inquiry to Public Policy, 2003) -
The Core Concepts of DIsability Policy Affecting Families who have Children with Disabilities
(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001) -
Reaching the Ideal
(Education Next, 2003) -
Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act on youth and their families: Perspectives of foster care providers, youth with emotional disorder, service providers, and judges.
(Children and Youth Services Review, 2006)This article, which describes a component of a larger research project, focuses on participants' perspectives on (a) ways that the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) affected access to services for children with emotional ... -
Legal Consideration of Inclusion for Infants and Toddlers and Preschool Age Children
(Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, 2001) -
Matrix of Federal Statutes and Federal and State Court Decisions Reflecting the Core Concepts of Disability Policy
(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001)This article sets out the 18 core concepts of policy affecting families who have children with disabilities. It defines each concept, provides a reference to the constitutional principle(s) that undergird the core concept, ... -
"Imagine All the People, Sharing..." or A (Not So) Modest Proposal Made on the Eve of IDEA Reauthorization
(Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2004) -
Five Models for Thinking About Disabilty: Implications for Policy Responses
(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001) -
Eugenics and Sterilization in the Heartland
(Mental Retardation, 2003) -
Classifications, Social Contracts, Obligations, Civil Rights, and the Supreme Court: Sutton v. United Air Lines
(Remedial and Special Education, 2001) -
A Taxonomy for Organizing the Core Concepts According to Their Underlying Principles
(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001)This article organizes and classifies the 18 core concepts. There are nine overarching principles into which the concepts fit: life, liberty, equality, dignity, family as foundation, community, capacity, individualization, ... -
A Quality of Life Framework for Special Education Outcomes
(Remedial and Special Education, 2003)
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