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Series ISBN: 978-1-4222-3027-5 ISBN: 978-1-4222-3039-8 ebook ISBN: 978-1-4222-8824-5

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Esherick, Joan, author. The laws that protect youth with special needs / Joan Esherick. pages cm. — (The laws that protect youth with special needs) Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-4222-3039-8 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-4222-3027-5 (series) — ISBN 978-1-4222-8824-5 (ebook) 1. Youth with disabilities—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States—Juvenile literature. 2. Discrimination against people with disabilities—Law and legislation—United States—Juvenile literature. I. Title. KF480.E83 2014 342.7308'772—dc23 2014010651 Picture credits: Benjamin Stewart: pp. 58, 59, 60, 75, 79, 81, 82; Corbis: pp. 23, 77, 84; Library of Congress: p. 25; PhotoDisc: pp. 24, 26, 41, 42, 56, 57, 76, 78, 80, 98, 99, 100, 113, 114, 115; Photo Spin: pp. 55, 111; Seeing Eye: p. 116; Susquehanna Service Dogs: p. 117. U.S. National Archives: p. 26; Individual in the photograph on p. 57 is a model, and this image is for illustrative purposes only.