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The National Voter Registration Act or the “Motor Voter Act” was amended in 1993. This law helps Americans with their right to vote. In the past, people with disabilities were encouraged not to vote because of their disabilities, so this law is in place to protect against discriminations that people with disabilities still receive today. This Act also requires that all offices of State-funded programs that provide services to people with disabilities provide the participants with voter registration forms. Besides providing the form, the programs must help people with disabilities complete them and turn them into the appropriate State official. This Act impacts people with disabilities greatly because it allows them the equal opportunity to vote. Having the right to vote is something that everyone should be guaranteed no matter if the person voting has a disability or not. Besides impacting people with and without a disability, this Act also impacts state and local governments. It impacts these governments by allowing them to receive more votes on important Acts they are trying to pass. It also affects the government because the more people that vote, the better the chances of a fair election are. Overall, this Act allows people with disabilities the right to vote, which not only affects themselves, but also everyone else.

http://www.justice.gov/crt/title-42-public-health-and-welfare-chapter-20-elective-franchise-subchapter-i-h-national-voter I chose this web resource because it is a very easy website to use. It not only has the National Voter Registration Act, but a lot of other Acts as well. This is an important web resource because it goes in depth about the findings, purposes, and references to text about the National Voter Registration Act. Overall, this website is very helpful because it expands on the reasons why the Act was created.

http://archive.fairvote.org/?page=1325 This web resource only discusses the National Voter Registration Act. This is very helpful because it goes into more depth than other web resources that discuss many different Acts. This resource is important because it discusses the history of the Act and how it was amended. Knowing the history is important because it helps you understand the problems the U.S has faced and now know how to try and fix them. With this Act, people with disabilities will always have the opportunity to vote is they so choose.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA was amended in 1990. This Act helps individuals with disabilities get the education they deserve. This Act requires that all public schools allow children with disabilities a free public education. This Act also states that the environment should be the least restrictive it can be for the individuals needs. IDEA requires schools to develop Individualized Education Programs (IEP’s) for each child with a disability. These IEP’s are specific to each child and state that child’s individual needs. To obtain an IEP, there is a team of different individuals such as teachers and parents that review the IEP annually. This plan can be changed at these annual meetings if everyone agrees to the new terms. This Act impacts children with disabilities because it gives them the opportunity to attend a public school. This is beneficial to them because they get to interact with other children that have disabilities as well as children that do not have any disabilities. This Act affects people without disabilities because children that do not have disabilities can understand what children with disabilities go through. It’s good for both children with and without disabilities because it lets the children be integrated instead of being separated because of their differences. This Act affects the state and local governments because when parents disagree with their child’s IEP, they have the opportunity to request a due process hearing. If the parents do not agree with the hearing and review from the State educational agency, they can appeal to the State or Federal court. This means that the government has to get involved in some cases and deal with the situation rationally and fairly. Overall, this Act affects everyone because children with and without disabilities must go to school, since the law is required by the government.

http://www.washington.edu/doit/what-individuals-disabilities-education-act This web resource focuses primarily on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. On the web resource, it goes into depth about what this Act ensures. This web resource also includes some history of the Act including when it was first amended and when the original name was changed to the present, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This resource is important because it allows people with and without disabilities information on public education, including what is legal and non-legal.

http://www.civilrights.org/disability/idea/ This web resource fully focuses on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. On this web resource it primarily discusses the history of this Act, including information about education before this Act was amended. This resource is important because it gives specific facts about what education was like before this Act was amended. This website demonstrates that without this Act, many children would not get the fair education they deserve and need.