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Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...different levels of support, and require different kinds of advocacy...(Individualized Education Program) is a legal document created under the Individuals...like dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia. But your child doesn't...a covered disability exists, and it adversely affects their educational...therapy or occupational therapy, and built-in progress monitoring....
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know
...audio textbooks, and a case manager...to college, and you assume the...must identify and support students...disappears. The legal framework shifts...Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504...self-advocacy, and most students...Program (IEP), and provide services...counselors, and case managers...initiated meetings and monitored your...IEP meeting and signed off on...process. ADA and Section 504...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
How to Request a School Evaluation for Dyslexia: Your Rights and the Step-by-Step Process
...(IDEA), you have the legal right to request a comprehensive...timelines they must follow, and if they refuse, you...what happens next, and what to do if the school...Written requests trigger legal timelines and provide...trigger legal timelines and provide documentation...that protects both you and your child. Your request...child's full name, grade, and school A clear statement:...
Global Insights > Employment
When (and How) to Tell an Employer About Your Disability: A Decision Guide
...at work. It's when, to whom, and in what context. The timing...what your employer can ask, and what happens next. Disclosure...what you need, where you work, and what legal framework governs...need, where you work, and what legal framework governs your employment....those questions are job-related and consistent with business necessity....
Education > K-12
FAPE and LRE Explained: A Parent's Guide to Your Child's Rights Under IDEA
...your special education journey: FAPE and LRE. You'll see them in IEP documents,...understanding what you can ask for and what schools are required to provide...."free" or "public." It's "appropriate." And the crucial question in LRE is not whether...maximize their child's potential, but the legal standard sets a lower bar. The standard,...
Legal > Government Benefits
Maryland Is Cutting $250 Million in Disability Services. Families Have Days to Push Back.
...the outcome. What the DDA Is and Who It Serves. The Developmental...for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In...day programs, job coaching, and respite care. Unlike other Medicaid...entitlements. States control enrollment and funding. Maryland has faced chronic...enrolled. What the Senate Cut and What It Kept. The Senate's $126...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Beyond the IEP: Legal Rights Parents of Children with Disabilities Should Know
...what FAPE means, and understand procedural...safeguards. But the legal framework doesn't...accommodations, and state services....realize the same legal structure that...barriers to housing, and access to everyday...specific to schools and early intervention....ADA is broader and applies to nearly...II covers state and local government...accommodations and government services....
Legal > Government Benefits
Idaho Passed $22M in Medicaid Disability Cuts. Here's What Families Can Do Before the Governor Signs.
...cutting disability services in 2026, and what happens here sets a template. What...homes, supported living arrangements, and day programs for adults and children...arrangements, and day programs for adults and children with developmental disabilities....doesn't cover payroll, rent, insurance, and supplies, the provider runs at a loss....
Therapies > Occupational
Occupational Therapy for Children with Special Needs: School, Private, or Both?
...until they're deep into the system: school-based OT and private clinic OT serve fundamentally different...They address different parts of your child's life, and for many families, both are necessary at the same...access their education. Educational necessity is a legal standard, not a functional one. School-based OT...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
IDEA Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Public Schools
...last summer and struggles to...someone certified, and the district...an FM system, and the teacher...you can demand and what's just...of hearing, and they're legal...and they're legal requirements,...must provide and how to make...Requires for Deaf and Hard of Hearing...Communication needs and the child's...directly with peers and staff in the...Academic level and full range of...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Your Child's 504 Plan for Diabetes: A Complete Guide for School Management
...correction factors, and how to change pump...about accommodations, and you're supposed to...A 504 plan is the legal framework that protects...sometimes resist, and how to push back...carbohydrate intake, and emergency treatment,...without permission, and without penalty....supplies are stored and care happens (nurse's...occur (scheduled and as needed) What...
Education > Special Education
How to Find an IEP Advocate or Special Education Attorney
...don't understand and the school is moving...educational advocate and a special education...education attorney, and that gap keeps...don't have formal legal training. They...understand your rights, and share what worked...process or provide legal advice. Educational...education law and IEP processes but...know IDEA inside and out. They can review...with schools, and prepare you for...