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of the resident population ages 3 through 5. Between 2003 and 2012, the number of children ages 3 through 5

served under IDEA, Part B, in the states for which data were available increased from 680,142 to 750,131. This

addition of 69,989 children represented a 10.3

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The total number of students ages 6 through 21 served under IDEA, Part B, increased from 6,046,051 in 2003 to

6,118,437 in 2004. In each year between 2004 and 2011, the number of students served was less than in the

previous year. The number of students served under Part B in 2012 was 33,960 or 0.6 percent more than in 2011.

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according to the 2004 N.O.D./Harris Survey, the majority of people with disabilities and people without disabilities

have heard of the ADA, but did not credit the ADA with these improvements (64%).

The ADA Assessment Report

(2007) of the National Council on Disability stated that progress has been made in the field of architectural,

transportation, and communication accessibility; and of access to goods and services from businesses, state and

local governments, and their local communities, however, work remained in areas such as employment, which

remains difficult for people with visible and severe disabilities; access to health insurance, health care, and financial

assets and access to information, particularly the Internet.

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According to. From 2002–03 through 2011–12, the percentage of students who exited special education and

school by having graduated with a regular high school diploma increased from 52.5 percent to 63.9 percent

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According In 2011–12, a total of 63.9 percent of the students ages 14 through 21 who exited IDEA, Part B, and

school graduated with a regular high school diploma.

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When comparing the ADA with the provisions of the UNCRPD, the report

Finding the Gaps (2008)

of the

National Council on Disability laid out that current United States law is quite consistent with Article 5 to the

extent that it prohibits discrimination and seeks equality through the provision of reasonable accommodations.

However, programmes that are contemplated by the Convention, such as affirmative action, quota regimes,

government procurement contracts, or set aside disability-specific professions, are beyond the concept of

equality as currently understood in US law and politics. United States law covers also many of the issues

addressed in Article 9, but there are some gaps. The laws with regard to this article prohibit certain actions and

even require some affirmative steps, such as barrier removal. But these laws do not generally force private or

public stakeholders to disseminate information or to provide training. Although Internet websites operated by

local, state, or federal governments required to be accessible under Title II of the ADA and the Rehabilitation

Act, the case law has been uneven in applying Title III of the ADA to privately owned and operated websites.

While the laws discussed above have relatively broad coverage and there has been promulgation of standards

(e.g., the ADAAG Guidelines for physical places, and the Access Board for methods of electronic information),

there are few current monitoring sources to assess how much progress has been made. Title III of the ADA, in