Amber, You may have noticed that, throughout the text of the class, as much as possible it speaks about "students with disabilities," as opposed to "disabled students." In the early days following the passage of the ADA, there was a lot of talk in the literature about "people first" language -- a STUDENT who is deaf, or a STUDENT with a learning disability. Some criticized the focus as being meaningless and just about being politically correct, but I always felt it was more than that. I always felt that the real issue was (and is!) human dignity. I think it is important that we recognize that people with disabilities are PEOPLE first. Their disability may describe something about them, but it does not define them. Dr. Jane Jarrow