Spring 2027

Disability and Substance Abuse

Entry-level overview of disability under federal law and substance abuse among persons with disabilities, covering drug effects and impacts on independent living.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=68 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.95 GPA, 97.1% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=68 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the variability of definitions of disability in federal legislation or regulations such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Rehabilitation Act.

  • Identify the physiological, psychosocial, cultural, and other factors associated with substance abuse or dependence among persons with disability as a primary or co-morbid impairment.

  • Identify the impact on major life areas, such as independent living, work, and leisure associated with substance abuse or dependence.

  • Identify and classify major categories of licit and illicit drugs.

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the multi-faceted nature and controversy related to substance use and abuse.

  • Describe the physical effects of substance use on various body systems (including tolerance, addiction, and withdrawal symptoms) and the capacity of these effects to aggravate or diminish symptoms associated with specific disabilities.

  • Develop an understanding of the methods and models used to assess, diagnose, treat, and prevent substance use and abuse across an individual's lifespan among persons with a disability.

  • Increase understanding of social and cultural issues in regard to disability and substance use, prevention, public policy, and law.

  • Expand knowledge and understanding of current research findings related to disability and substance use, abuse, and current laws.

  • Analyze controversial issues surrounding disability and substance abuse.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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RP&SE 121

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Online Only0 / 700

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=68 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.95 GPA, 97.1% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=68 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

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Topics

  • Federal disability legislation and regulation
  • Substance use and abuse among persons with disabilities
  • Physical, psychological, and socio-cultural effects of drugs
  • Impact of substance abuse on independent living and work

Skills

  • Identify definitions of disability in federal legislation
  • Classify major categories of licit and illicit drugs
  • Understand assessment and treatment models for substance use in disability

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

4 earlier forecasts · 0.05 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
RP&SE 121 · Spring 2027

Disability and Substance Abuse

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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