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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.
...agencies collect and share disability data, create a new advisory...requests for autism and disability data from states, requests...different aspects of disability rights and services...disability rights and services in Pennsylvania. Executive...places new limits on disability data collection. State...database using state disability records. Executive...
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 civil...on for navigation services, home and community-based...regardless of age or disability, should be able to...The agency funds services provided primarily...families navigate disability services, access...navigate disability services, access assistive...National Institute on Disability, Independent Living,...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Wheelchair-Accessible School Bus Transportation: Legal Rights and Practical Solutions
...transportation is a related service that school districts...Transportation Is a Related Service Under IDEA. IDEA defines...IDEA defines related services as "developmental, corrective,...and other supportive services required to assist a...assist a child with a disability to benefit from special...to school and their disability requires accommodations...
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 > Special Education
Why Special Education Looks Different in Every State
...longer meets eligibility criteria. Services are cut. You're not being punished....What this means for your family: the services your child received in one state...neighborhood. No one expects the services their child spent years building...in the New State. IDEA defines 13 disability categories but leaves...
Education > Special Education
The 13 Disability Categories Under IDEA: Eligibility Criteria Explained
...school. You expected services. Instead, you got a...identified within one of 13 disability categories AND their...establishes 13 categories of disability that can qualify a child...for special education services. But identification...also determine that the disability creates an educational...difference matters. The 13 Disability Categories. IDEA defines...
Education > Other
Charter Schools and Special Education: Understanding Your Legal Rights
...school for your child with a disability, and someone at the school...capacity" to provide certain services. Or they asked if you've...they're bound by the same disability rights law that governs every...(FAPE), and implement the services outlined in your child's...enrolling because of your child's disability, you have legal options....
Education > K-12
Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12
...qualify for advanced services with those low scores....alongside a documented disability. That disability...disability. That disability might be a learning...might be a learning disability like dyslexia or...autism, a physical disability, or a processing...special education services, but far fewer receive...compensates for the disability until it doesn't....
Education > Higher Education
Best Colleges for Students with Disabilities: A Comparison of Top Support Programs
..."comprehensive disability support" and "individualized...package or an add-on service, and whether career...whether career services help students...colleges with strong disability support programs...distinguishes a standard disability resource center...Support. Not all disability support programs...has a registered Disability Resource Center...to note-taking services. This is the baseline:...
Education > Higher Education
Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills for College: A Transition Checklist
...provide self-advocacy instruction in transition services, but most students don't receive it in any meaningful...accommodation on their own, never having explained their disability to a professor, and never having navigated the...procedural knowledge: how to register with the Disability Resource Center, how to request accommodations...
Education > Higher Education
Disability Resource Centers: Your College Student's Guide to Registration and Services
...doesn't mention the Disability Resource Center, the...DRC, sometimes called a Disability Services Office or Access...called a Disability Services Office or Access Services....Services Office or Access Services. It's free, it's there...day of class. What a Disability Resource Center Does....therapy, or medical services. It arranges reasonable...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...leave your child without the services they need. Here's what you...brain works. IDEA covers 13 disability categories, including specific...meet two criteria: a covered disability exists, and it adversely affects...specialized instruction, related services like speech therapy or occupational...Education (FAPE), meaning the services must...