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George Washington University recently announced a new Transition, Career, and Vocational Services Master's degree program. For more information about the program, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Staff members from the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University discussed the history of human rights for persons with disabilities on Utah Public Radio. Listen to the interview.

NASDSE is pleased to announce the publication of A National Update of Case Law: 1998 to the Present under the IDEA and Section 504/A.D.A. by noted legal expert Perry Zirkel. This compendium of litigation will be helpful for anyone looking for the legal history of case law under these three important civil rights laws with respect to educating children and youth with disabilities. Download the publication.

The Center on Education Policy has released an update to its 2006 Public Education Primer. The 2012 edition highlights important and sometimes little-known facts concerning the U.S. education system, how things have changed over time, and how they may change in the future. Together these facts provide a comprehensive picture of the nation’s public schools, including data about students, teachers, funding, achievement, management, and non-academic services.
Download the updated primer.

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a Dear Colleague letter concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act. The letter and accompanying Frequently Asked Questions document provide additional guidance on the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act in elementary and secondary schools, given the changes to those laws made by the ADA Amendments Act.
Download the Dear Colleague letter. Download the FAQs.

University of Nebraska - Lincoln is offerering the Mountain Prairie Upgrade Partnership: Itinerant (MPUP-I), a graduate level preparation program in teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing that can result in a Masters degree or a post graduate teaching endorsement.
Learn more.

The Deaf Professional Arts Network recently released an uplifting ASL music video.