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Trump's Budget Would Eliminate Disability Employment Programs. Congress Rejected This Last Year. Here's What Families Can Do.
News > Employment

Trump's Budget Would Eliminate Disability Employment Programs. Congress Rejected This Last Year. Here's What Families Can Do.

By Emily Roberts
...find and keep jobs....Programs, Protection and Advocacy...Protection and Advocacy...Protection and Advocacy for Individual...training, and supported...rights advocacy, and transition...advocacy, and transition...support systems that research...independence and earning...programs and file appeals...$0. Protection and Advocacy...Protection and Advocacy...Protection and Advocacy of Individual...legal advocacy organizations...employment, and community...Training and Demonstration...counselors and pilot...tasks and navigate...
Beyond the IEP: Legal Rights Parents of Children with Disabilities Should Know
Global Insights > Advocacy

Beyond the IEP: Legal Rights Parents of Children with Disabilities Should Know

By Benjamin Thompson
...means, and understand...extends protections into employment,...accommodations, and state services....housing, and access to...foundation for advocacy in every...schools and early intervention....procedural protections for disputes....learn this system by necessity....broader and applies...covers state and local government...school system. ADA complaints...accommodations and government...Employment Protections Parents...is the protection most...
Governor Cuomo: Protecting the Disabled
News > Advocacy

Governor Cuomo: Protecting the Disabled

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...electroshock therapy, and even parents sending...have all surfaced and are cause for concern...disability care system. Governor Andrew...is to reform the system to better protect...would investigate and record instances...are under fire, and reports suggest...support from parents and disability advocates;...Justice Center for the Protection of...
CMS Finalized Medicaid Work Rules and Narrowed the Disability Exemption. Here's What Families Can Do Before the July 31 Comment Deadline.
Legal > Government Benefits

CMS Finalized Medicaid Work Rules and Narrowed the Disability Exemption. Here's What Families Can Do Before the July 31 Comment Deadline.

By James Williams
...Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published...window where families and advocates can push...CMS to strengthen protections before enforcement...exemptions: state systems cross-reference federal...verify SSI, SSDI, and Medicare enrollment....Disabilities. CMS rejected advocacy groups' requests to...The rule exempts SSI and SSDI recipients because...
Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know
Special Needs > Dyslexia

Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know

By Leslie Turner
...textbooks, and a case manager...to college, and you assume...same support system follows you....must identify and support students...Act (ADA) and Section 504...kind of self-advocacy, and most students...self-advocacy, and most students...Program (IEP), and provide services...counselors, and case managers...initiated meetings and monitored your...IEP meeting and signed off...process. ADA and Section 504...
Living with Pediatric MS: A Complete Guide for Families
Special Needs > Multiple Sclerosis

Living with Pediatric MS: A Complete Guide for Families

By Ms. Amelia Peterson
...disease-modifying therapies, and school meetings where...advocating at school, and supporting your child's...disease where the immune system attacks myelin, the protective...system attacks myelin, the protective coating around nerve fibers...nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. When myelin...which part of the nervous system is affected. Common presentations...
Amazing Race Host Bikes across U.S. for MS
News > Advocacy

Amazing Race Host Bikes across U.S. for MS

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...impeccably dressed and proper host...Sclerosis Society and awareness...central nervous system and can appear...nervous system and can appear...cameraman and best friend...friend Scott, and a protective...Scott, and a protective former highway...numerous spills, and even a dangerous...bloodied and shaken. Keoghan,...assistant and has since...director, author and speaker. He...producer and host of The...Watch Keoghan and his team reach...
Social Security Benefits Could Rise 3.9% in 2027, New Estimate Shows
News > Advocacy

Social Security Benefits Could Rise 3.9% in 2027, New Estimate Shows

By Henry Peterson
...2.8% increase and from the 2.8%...Income (SSI) and Social Security...Scoop, the projection represents a...energy costs and tariff-related...What COLA Is and Why It Matters....Wage Earners and Clerical Workers...each October, and the increase...because SSI and SSDI often represent...individual and $1,491 for a...SSI payment and $64 to the average...equipment, and therapy costs...
Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.
News > Advocacy

Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.

By Amelia Harper
...strengthening protections for people with...agencies collect and share disability...the governor, and reestablish the...to continue advocacy work across the...requests for autism and disability data...comply with and now codifies...disability rights and services in Pennsylvania....nondiscrimination policy and places new limits...family members, and experts in relevant...creating a formal advocacy channel that...
The Federal Agency That Funds Independence for People with Disabilities Is Being Eliminated. Here's What Families Need to Know.
News > Advocacy

The Federal Agency That Funds Independence for People with Disabilities Is Being Eliminated. Here's What Families Need to Know.

By Henry Peterson
...research, and civil rights...civil rights protections for people...services, home and community-based...support, and advocacy...support, and advocacy infrastructure....independently and participate...by states and networks...older adults and people with...technology, and advocate...they're run by and for people...counseling, and training...older adults and people with...Living, and Rehabilitation...outcomes, and policies...Program and Adult...
The Complete Guide to IEP Advocacy: How to Prepare, What to Say, and When to Push Back
Global Insights > Advocacy

The Complete Guide to IEP Advocacy: How to Prepare, What to Say, and When to Push Back

By Benjamin Thompson
...presents their plan, and slides the signature...moment is where advocacy begins, and it's...advocacy begins, and it's also where...their footing. IEP advocacy isn't about being...have specific protections, specific tools,...specific tools, and specific options...what those are and how to use them....educator's input, and the team must...evaluation data and reports before...
Finding Home: Decoding Housing Laws for Special Needs Individuals
Legal > Housing

Finding Home: Decoding Housing Laws for Special Needs Individuals

By Dr. Harper Clark
...special needs advocacy and understands...needs advocacy and understands...more accessible and understandable....foundational legal protections related to housing...autonomy, comfort, and belonging. For...these aspects and more. From federal...established protections. The Federal...such as rentals and sales. This...including landlords and real estate...rent subsidies, and more. ...

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