The Case About AmyTemple University Press, 2010 M06 30 - 344 páginas The Rowley family's struggle began when Amy entered kindergarten and culminated five years later in a pivotal decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. In effect, the Court majority concluded that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act did not mandate equal opportunity for children with disabilities in classes with typical children; a disappointing decision for disability advocates. The Supreme Court decided that schools were required only to provide enough help for children with disabilities to pass from grade to grade. The Court reversed the lower courts' rulings, which had granted Amy an interpreter, setting a precedent that could affect the quality of education for all individuals with disabilities. From the time Amy entered kindergarten in Peekskill, New York, her parents battled with school officials to get a sign language interpreter in the classroom. Nancy and Clifford Rowley, also deaf, struggled with officials for their own right to a communications process in which they could fully participate. Stuck in limbo was a bright, inquisitive child, forced to rely on partial lipreading of rapid classroom instruction and interaction, and sound amplifiers that were often broken and always cumbersome. R.C. Smith chronicles the Rowley family's dealings with school boards, lawyers, teachers, expert consultants, advocates, and supporters, and their staunch determination to get through the exhaustive process of presenting the case time after time to school adjudicative bodies and finally the federal courts. The author also documents his own "coming to awareness" about how the "able" see the "disabled." In the series Health, Society, and Policy, edited by Sheryl Ruzek and Irving Kenneth Zola. |
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... looks to me that this can be an ongoing thing without ever getting things or Amy's needs accomplished , that's my feeling , ' she told the attorney who presented her with the bad news . " Time tears us apart . " The Rowleys ' legal ...
... look over my shoulder . " It's actually 276 , " she said . " I made a mistake . " About this time I noticed that John had disappeared . He had other things to do , Nancy said , and could not come to dinner with us . She had noted in her ...
... look back at what happened , Johnny was unwilling to participate at all . He had been polite and then he was gone . Nancy gestured for me to follow her into the hallway beyond the kitchen . She and Clifford were taking me downstairs to ...
... look at this strange man instead . She ended up doing a little of both . Nancy , who had made a special point of not showing up in the classroom before , felt she had to see how Amy functioned with a classroom interpreter . She came to ...
... look- ing at Globerman directly . While a hearing child could put his or her head down and still get information , Amy had to pay strict attention all the time , and this was more than even the most alert first - grader could manage ...
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4 Vindication by Trial | 63 |
5 A Case about Amy | 92 |
6 A Voice in the Classroom | 114 |
7 Full Potential in the Court | 126 |
8 Maybe It Wouldnt Happen Today | 168 |
11 Amy in Oz | 220 |
12 Equal Opportunity Writ Large | 229 |
13 Is It Really Money? | 240 |
14 Amy Remembering | 260 |
15 Not Quite Human | 269 |
16 Struggling and Succeeding | 282 |
17 If Heaven Isnt Accessible God Is in Trouble | 292 |
18 To Be Who We Are | 302 |