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News > Advocacy
Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.
...collect and share disability data, create a...Council to continue advocacy work across the...for autism and disability data from states,...different aspects of disability rights and services...disability rights and services in Pennsylvania....new limits on disability data collection....database using state disability records. Executive...creating a formal advocacy channel that didn't...
News > Advocacy
The Federal Agency That Funds Independence for People with Disabilities Is Being Eliminated. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...support programs, disability research, and...for navigation services, home and community-based...community-based support, and advocacy infrastructure....regardless of age or disability, should be able...The agency funds services provided primarily...families navigate disability services, access...navigate disability services, access assistive...National Institute on Disability, Independent Living,...
News > Advocacy
The DOJ May Delay the ADA's Web Accessibility Deadline. Here's What Disability Families Need to Know.
...request forms, transportation services, voter registration, and...emergency information: digital services families with disabled children...less costly," according to Disability Scoop's April 14 report....for Mental Health Law, told Disability Scoop the timing and procedural...websites are where you apply for disability benefits, request school...
Education > Higher Education
Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills for College: A Transition Checklist
...replaces it is self-advocacy. And here's what...schools provide self-advocacy instruction in...in transition services, but most students...explained their disability to a professor,...news is that self-advocacy is a skill, not...leaves home. Self-Advocacy Is Procedural Knowledge....parents treat self-advocacy as something you...register with the Disability Resource Center,...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...require different kinds of advocacy from you. Choosing the...your child without the services they need. Here's what...works. IDEA covers 13 disability categories, including...criteria: a covered disability exists, and it adversely...instruction, related services like speech therapy or...(FAPE), meaning the services must...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
Self-advocacy doesn't start at...navigating college disability services or workplace...college disability services or workplace accommodations,...start teaching self-advocacy. The answer is earlier...transition from parent advocacy to self-advocacy...advocacy to self-advocacy isn't a single handoff....At this age, self-advocacy means understanding...
Special Needs > Rare Disorders
IEP Advocacy for Children with Rare Disorders: When No One Has Done This Before
...before. This is not a valid reason to delay or deny services. IDEA (the Individuals with Disabilities Education...School districts evaluate children based on how a disability affects their ability to access education. They...a 90-minute block without support. IDEA's 13 disability categories include "Other Health Impairment,"...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
...think about college disability services find themselves...college disability services find themselves scrambling...trying to teach self-advocacy skills that needed...Freshman Year: Name the Disability and Build the Foundation....contexts. Add self-advocacy to the IEP as a transition...post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy is a measurable,...the plan. A self-advocacy goal for freshman...
Legal > Advocacy
When Your Child's School Breaks the Rules: A Parent's Guide to Filing Complaints
...know your child's school violated disability law. Maybe they refused an evaluation...available to parents when schools violate disability law: state complaint, due process...parent consent Refusing to provide services listed in the IEP Failing to provide...corrective action, require compensatory services...
Global Insights > Laws
How to Be a More Effective Advocate for Your Child with a Disability
...right. You couldn't articulate why the proposed services felt inadequate. You didn't know what alternatives...failure of love or commitment. It's a skill gap. Advocacy is a set of learnable practices, and most parents...Before any meeting about your child's education or services, read the relevant sections of IDEA or Section...
Health > Treatment
What to Do If Your Child Is on a Medicaid Waiver Waiting List
...Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiting lists right...Waiting lists for developmental disability waivers grew by a median of...facilities or institutions. The services covered vary by state but...First. Zoe Gross, Director of Advocacy at the Autistic Self Advocacy...Advocacy at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, explained it plainly...
Parenting > General
How to Use Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to Advocate at Your Child's School
...families raising a child with a developmental disability, it can be something else: a moment where the...returned a little faster, and where the word "advocacy" feels slightly less like swimming upstream. If...Different For most of the year, pushing for services, requesting evaluations, or trying to get a meeting...