Only 11% of programs back in the day had disabilities studies in programs for students.

In a study by Olkin that is included in the article it states “Results indicated that 9 years after passage of the ADA, the modal number of required courses on disability was still zero, as it was in 1989. In 1999, only 11% of programs had at least one course on disability (less than in 1989). Further, this disability course was most likely to be on “exceptional” children, learning disabilities, or mental retardation—courses that generally reflect the medical model of disability. Only 7 out of 210 programs had a course on psychosocial aspects of disability (i.e., courses that were more likely to reflect the new paradigm of disability)”(Olkin 296–304).