Your first task will be to prepare a short (one-to-three paragraphs) Proposal of your idea for the Final Paper,  including your intended sources from course materials, readings, and any supplemental resources you choose.  Then, due on 12/12/14, you will submit a 4-8 page Final Paper based on your approved Proposal.  

Example of Project attached, here:Compare/contrast at least 2 (two) current events in disability, selected by you, from either our Current Events discussion conference or a reliable news source, applying what you have learned about disability history and rights in this course.

The goal of this assignment is to show how your new knowledge of disability rights and history in American has changed your perception.  You will demonstrate this through your analysis of the two current events.  I will be looking for history behind the ADA and ADAA, the concepts of Universal Design and Inclusive Education, or multicultural analysis of disability rights as a civil rights movement, for example.

Please be certain that your two current events are from within the last year.  Please include links in Proposal for my review.  Also, in order to compare/contrast two current events, you will need to identify both their similarities  AND differences, include information from chapters below, which can include the perspective of the author, the outcome of the event, or the perspective of the PWDs involved or the broader disability community, as represented by the texts, for example.

A note on References: You *must* use at least 3 citations from the textbook (Shapiro) attached.

**Chapters attached here from course textbook by Shapiro No Pity: People with Disabilites Forging a New Civil Rights Movement by Joseph Shaprio

No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement ch. 2 

No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement ch. 3 

Format Requirements for Applied Final Project:

Font = 12 point; Arial or Times New Roman.  Line spacing 2.0.  If you do not adhere to this format, points will be deducted.

The paper will be 4-8 pages in length not including the Bibliography/references section.

Please use in-text citations in American Psychological Association (APA) style, as shown in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 

Be sure to use appropriate language; do NOT use colloquial language; this is an official written assignment.

Grammar and spelling are important to this assignment.