University Daily Kansan Friday, March 21, 1975 3 Mexican visitors study special ed Five Mexican educators are studying hispanic children at the University of San Axel. Their visit, which began March 3, was arranged by the Mexican Ministry of Education (MINE) and the Organization of American States grant to finance more than six months of study in Kansas, Argentina, Panama and Uruguay. Students will stay in Kansas for two months. While the educators are in Kansas, they are studying behavior modification and the reinforcement of behavior methods for children at KU's Bureau of Child Research. Ivan Rodolo Escalante Herrera, director of the Educational Psychology Clinic for Learning and Behavior Problems, said Thursday that Kansas was chosen as the best place to visit because of the strong progress in behavior modification for handicapped children. The group will visit Bureau of Child Research projects in Lawrence Parsons and Merrill College. Cesar Adolfo Herrera Perez, a program director within the Ministry of Education, said the Mexican centers for handicapped children differed from the American learning centers. He said the centers for rehabilitation and special education in Mexico combined different areas of help for deaf and hard-of-hear students and physical therapy center instead of having separate facilities for the two. Normalization programs are used at the centers to help handicapped children interact with the community, Perez said. There is greater emphasis in Mexico on getting the child out into the community for interaction as part of society. In America, he said, handicapped children are largely sheltered from society. As in America, he said, there is a problem in Mexico of insufficient funds to finance new projects. Health problems in America and Mexico are similar, he said, but more funds are available in America for learning projects in special education Herrera said that only through better funding could Mexico develop a consistent program of public awareness of the needs in special education for handicapped children. Affirmative Action is working to include the physically and mentally handicapped in its program, according to Affirmative Action Director Bonnie Patton. Efforts at preventing discrimination are aspiring at the University of Kansas to help students with disabilities. Patton said this week that any unfair job discrimination on the basis of a mental or physical handicap was just as illegal as discrimination on the basis of sex or race. Affirmative Action will protect equal employment opportunities for the handicapped and promote necessary building opportunities. The handicapped students and faculty, Patton said. Affirmative Action to include handicappe the term "architecturally handicapped" applies to who is deprived of the degree required by a lack of facilities, Williams explained. A student who can't take an education course in Bailey Hall because there are no architecturally handicapped as architecturally handicapped, he said. Roger Williams, the chairman for the University Committee for the Architecturally Handicapped, said that his committee is considering working with Affirmative Action in drawing up a new plan. The 11-member committee has existed since 1973 and has worked hard to institute changes in the University for the benefit of the physically handicapped, Williams said. Williams said that his committee ... decide at a board meeting in April whether the committee should go. Action. A subcommittee of three or four people will probably assist in drawing up a plan. Patton said the Office of Affirmative Action would begin enforcing non-discriminatory practices immediately. Final restrictions will be adopted in the plan for Affirmative Action which is to be completed later this year, Patton said. The committee would shape and advise programs for the physically handicapped while Affirmative Action provided some supportive legal posture for the programs, Williams said. The two groups could work together, he said, "but we don't want Affirmative Action to completely take over our function as a committee." "If a student can't get into a building that is in a wheelchair, then that's discriminatory." Under state and federal law, the university is required to provide facilities for students' dining. According to Williams, the campus nurses have made a conscious effort to provide elevators, rest rooms and sidewalks. Students are handicapped. Further changes are planned. Williams said that as facilities at KU improved, more students would be attracted to the campus. He said he had had five admissions办公室 to recruit new students. 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Call 864-4358. facilities to accommodate handicapped students in every academic field," Williams said. Education and architecture are part of the curriculum, and wheelchair at the University," he said. But the committee would possibly be interested in working with the Office of Affirmative Action to have some legal backing for its programs. Enforcement regulations would take place when Affirmative Action plan would "put some teeth into what we're trying to do," Williams said. The committee is fully aware of needed changes at the University, Williams said. COUNT BASIE Jazz For Every Generation Ever since Count Basie brought his band out of Kansas City in 1936 his name has been synonymous with swing and boogie music. The Count plays jazz with such style it makes you want to move right with him. This has to be the reason for his continued success. Basie is sure to be the heir to the throne of big-band jazz, as he and his orchestra are the last of the major groups from the big-band era presently touring. The Count's performance at Hoch Auditorium Friday, March 21st, is your chance to hear this legendary performer. Basie will be playing four 45 minute sets for your listening and dancing pleasure. Tickets Now on Sale: SUA OFFICE RAY AUDIO TOWN CRIER (Malls) You're in for a fast-fasting, money-saving breakfast. Every morning from 7 to 10 A.M. at McDonald's. McDonald's 901 West 23rd Street Lawrence, Kansas K.U. Concert Series Presents "The Sound of Brass" New York Brass Quintet Hoch Auditorium Monday, March 24 at 8:00 p.m. - Free admission to all students upon presentation of current I.D. - Free reserved seat tickets available while they last at the Murphy Hall box office - General public tickets are '3, '3.50, '4 - Program will begin promptly at 8 p.m. For further information contact Murphy Hall box office at 864-3982 1