This practical manual offers essential information and guidance for anyone involved with ADA issues in higher education settings. Fundamental principles and actual clinical and administrative procedures are outlined for evaluating, documenting, and accommodating a wide range of mental and physical impairments. Contributors draw upon extensive hands-on experience with managing ADA issues. Throughout, chapters provide helpful diagnostic roadmaps, sample reports, and resource listings. The paperback edition features a new preface and an updated chapter on legal issues, elucidating the practical impact of significant recent Supreme Court rulings.

Reviews

"Important and timely....Gordon, Keiser, and other contributors raise the big questions that need to be asked."
-Contemporary Psychology

"An exceptionally valuable resource."
-Readings

"Will be of interest to anyone who is in the position of making judgments about whether a person is entitled to an accommodation under the ADA. The book is particularly useful in describing what type of background reports should be prepared to document clinical conditions and to inform applicants of an employer's disability-related decision."
-ADA Update

"A 'must-read' for any clinician, administrator, or lawyer who handles these types of student-oriented disability issues."
-David K. Fram, Esq., Director, ADA & EEO Services, National Employment Law Institute

"Gordon and Keiser are to be commended for shedding a clear light on this complex and potentially contentious topic."
-John D. Ranseen, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

"The perfect primer for lawyers who want to understand how the ADA applies to higher education and professional testing."
-Nancy C. Hill, Esq., Partner in the law firm of Carey, Hill & Scott, Charleston, West Virginia

"This book does not shy away from the important questions, challenges, and controversies facing the accommodation process. It expands the grasp of tools available to educators and administrators committed to doing the right thing by the students and institutions they serve."
-Louise Harding Russell, Director, Student Disability Resource Center, Harvard University

Contents

Foreword, Lapoint
Preface to the Paperback Edition, Gordon and Keiser
Preface (1998), Gordon and Keiser

1. Essential Concepts/Administrative Considerations
   1. Underpinnings, Gordon and Keiser
   2. Educational Accommodations: A University Administrator's View, McGuire
   3. Test Accommodations: An Administrator's View, Keiser
2. Documentation of Clinical Conditions
4. Legal Requirements for Clinical Evaluations, Frierson
5. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Gordon and Murphy
6. Language-Based Learning Disabilities, Lorry
7. Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Wylonis and Schweizer
8. Physical Disabilities, Wainapel
9. Visual Disorders, Dysfunctions, and Disabilities, Damari
10. Last Words, Gordon and Keiser