Students with disabilities in Canada: what rights do they have?

ID:	HARP-473
Title:	Students with disabilities in Canada: what rights do they have?
Source:	Education Canada , v.34(3), 1994 pg 4-9+
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Year:	1994
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Keywords:	Canada, disability, economic, social, and cultural rights, human rights, legislation, religion, health, ethnic minorities, public schools, education, family
Abstract:	FIFTEEN YEARS AGO in this journal, Michael Manley – Casimir set forth the importance of the rights of children to education in constructing a vision of the just society in Canada: Each child in Canada, regardless of ethnic origin, religious affiliation, social class, family wealth, or residential location, is of equal worth. As a person of equal worth a child has a right to an equal educational opportunity… the federal and provincial governments have the duties, in conjunction with local school boards, to make the child’s right to an equal educational opportunity a reality.(f.1) An examination of the contemporary legislative framework in Canada reveals that students with disabilities in the public schools still do not possess many of the rights that would provide for equal educational opportunities (EEO) for all.
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