DAIS Newsletter Archives, Volume I, 1997

Newsletters with Table of Contents:

Volume I, No. 1: January, 1997

  1. ADA Backlash
  2. Technical Assistance Q&A
  3. Determining the Right Accomodations for Students with Disabilities
  4. Isn't Modern Technology Wonderful?
  5. What is the DAIS Newsletter?

Volume I, No. 2: February, 1997

  1. Don't Complain to Me... I Just Work Here!
  2. And While We Are On the Subject...
  3. Technical Assistance Q&A
  4. Be Careful What You Wish For -- You May Get It!!!
  5. What is the DAIS Newsletter?

Volume I, No. 3: March, 1997

  1. Big News Regarding Voc Rehab and Interpreters
  2. When Faculty are TOO Accommodating...
  3. Upcoming Workshop - April 24-25, Reno Nevada
  4. Technical Assistance Q&A - Are safety standards part of technical standards?
  5. Possible Funding for LD Testing?!
  6. What is the DAIS Newsletter?

Volume I, No. 4: April, 1997

  1. What Goes Around Comes Around: The 20th Anniversary of Section 504
  2. The Boston University Case: What it May -- or May Not -- Give Us!
  3. Technical Assistance Q&A -- Is There a List of Accommodations?
  4. A NEW RESOURCE FROM DAIS -- Higher Education and the ADA: Issues and Perspectives

Volume I, No. 5: May, 1997

  1. Are We Winning the Battle and Losing the War?
  2. Technical Assistance Q&A -- Can We Ask If a Student Has a Disability on the Admissions Application?
  3. Who Do You Trust? Asking the Right Questions of the Right People
  4. No News Is (in this case!) Good News! Update on the VR/Interpreters Issue and the Reauthorization of the Rehab Act
  5. A New Resource from DAIS

Volume I, No. 6: June, 1997

  1. An Introduction and an Invitation
  2. Extended Time on Tests
  3. The DSSHE-L Listserv
  4. Externships/Practicum/Student Teaching
  5. RESOURCES FROM DAIS

Volume I, No. 7: July, 1997

  1. AHEAD GUIDELINES FOR DOCUMENTATION OF LD
  2. A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE... OR IS IT? Making the Dean's List
  3. EQUAL TREATMENT AND EQUAL ACCESS AREN'T ALWAYS THE SAME!!!
  4. RESOURCES ON-LINE: The ADA-Law Listserv

Volume I, No. 8: August, 1997

  1. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY -- From Boston University to the AAMC to The New Republic
  2. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER -- The New Republic
  3. THE THREE FACES OF EVE -- You Don't Know What Is Happening Unless You See ALL the Pieces
  4. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP... er ... Westling!
  5. LESSONS WE LEARNED FROM THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY DECISION

Volume I, No. 9: September, 1997

  1. WITH APOLOGIES... The Focus Returns to the Boston University Lawsuit
  2. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY: Getting the Job Done Without Offending the Audience
  3. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT? Academic Freedom and the ADA

Volume I, No. 10: October, 1997

  1. JABBERWOCKY - VR STYLE
  2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Q&A: When is it NOT a Reasonable Accommodation?
  3. REMEMBER THE GOLDEN RULE - Reduced Courseload and Financial Aid

Volume I, No. 11: November, 1997

  1. Introduction to a Sampler of Information/Resources
  2. When and How to Disclose a Disability
  3. The ADA Was Meant To Provide Protection, Not Exception!
  4. Requests for Special Diet
  5. Fraternities, Sororities, and Student Organizations
  6. Order Blank - Resources from DAIS

Volume I, No. 12: December, 1997

  1. Focus on Documentation
  2. Two kinds of (and Reasons for) Documentation
  3. What If "Appropriate Documentation" Doesn't Mean "Consistent"?
  4. Documentation of Disability in Admissions
  5. Documentation for Placement Testing
  6. Documentation Through Self-Identification