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News > Advocacy
Kansas Won Federal Approval for 500 Disability Waiver Slots That Open October 1
Around 4,300 Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities are waiting for a Medicaid waiver slot, and the typical wait runs close to nine years. On July 9, Governor Laura Kelly announced that the Centers...
Therapies > Animal
Therapy Dogs in Schools: How Canine Programs Support Students with Special Needs
...not have is public access rights. A service dog is individually trained to perform tasks for one person with a disability, and the Americans with Disabilities Act protects that dog's presence almost anywhere its handler goes. A therapy dog goes where it is invited. The school can end the program on a Tuesday...
Career > Accommodations
Remote Work as a Permanent Accommodation: Negotiating Long-Term Telework After Disability
...rather than the person who signed off on it, and changing it means going back through the process that created it. Many long-term remote workers with disabilities are in the first category and believe they are...
News > Advocacy
Illinois Lawmakers Sent the Governor a Bill Requiring Private Equity to Disclose Disability Group Home Purchases
...General Assembly this spring and sent to Gov. JB Pritzker in late June would require providers serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to notify the state when an asset management company buys them. What the Bill Requires. The measures originated as SB3118 and HB4728, introduced...
Education > Special Education
30 States Failed to Meet Federal Special Education Requirements This Year. Here's How to Use Your State's Rating to Push Back.
...anyway. On July 9, the department released its annual state-by-state scorecard for special education, the review required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Just 20 states earned a "meets requirements" rating for how they serve students ages 3 to 21 under IDEA. Twenty-six states landed...
Parenting > Adulthood
Sexuality Education for Young Adults with Disabilities
Most parents of young adults with disabilities have had the thought before they've admitted...Schools often skip this topic for students with disabilities entirely, or cover it once in a way too abstract...Teaching. Sexuality education for young adults with disabilities covers more ground than the biology unit most...
Education > Early Intervention
Finding Your State's Early Intervention Program: A Self-Referral Guide for Parents
...referrals directly from parents, no doctor's note required, and you can make that call today. Why Self-Referral Exists. Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) built early intervention around a "Child Find" obligation: states have to actively locate and serve eligible children, and...
Education > Early Intervention
IFSP Explained: The 8 Required Components of Your Child's Individualized Family Service Plan
...along and start steering the conversation. An IFSP is not a form. It is a federally required plan, mandated under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), that every state must build around your specific child and your specific family before early intervention services can begin....
Lifestyle > Travel
How to Request Pre-Boarding When Flying with a Disability
...sensitivities, mobility limitations that don't require a wheelchair, medical equipment that needs stowing near the seat, and cognitive or developmental disabilities where extra transition time matters. The airline can ask what kind of assistance you need. It cannot ask you to prove or explain the disability...
Legal > Advocacy
Parent Training and Information Centers: Free Advocacy Help in Every State
...Information Centers are federally funded nonprofits, nearly 100 of them across the country, built specifically to help families of children with disabilities from birth through age 26. Because they're funded through the same law that governs special education, their services cost nothing. No sliding scale,...
Education > Special Education
Your Legal Rights When a School Denies Extended School Year Services
...like picking a fight with people who write the rules for a living. Extended School Year services are a legal entitlement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, not a summer perk a district hands out when staffing allows, and a denial triggers specific procedural rights. A wrongful denial...
Assistive Tech > Software
Microsoft Accessibility Features for People with Disabilities: What's New in 2026
What Microsoft's 2026 Ability Summit changed in Narrator, Magnifier, Voice Access, and Office 365 for families evaluating these tools.