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Legal > Advocacy
Reasons Not to Hire a Special Needs Attorney
...special needs attorney. While a special...special needs attorney can help tremendously,...to hire an attorney. If the case...special needs attorney is because...There are many attorneys that work for...work for the public sector, meaning...the public sector, meaning they...However, if those attorneys are not to...to hire an attorney from a private...budget, hiring an attorney may cause you...
Legal > Discrimination
Empowerment through Knowledge: Demystifying Disability Discrimination Laws
...504 ensuring access to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) for disabled students. This provision...receiving federal financial aid across diverse sectors must be 504 compliant. Additionally, Section 501...employment discrimination extends beyond private sector jobs to include federal employment and contractual...
Legal > Housing
The Legal Landscape of Special Needs Housing: An Overview
...needs. In recent years, concerted efforts have been made across various sectors to ensure this right is observed and upheld for every individual. This article...individuals with disabilities - bans discrimination based on disability in public accommodations. Combined...
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
A Parent's Guide to Supporting Your Teen with Special Needs in Their First Relationships
...mistake most parents make is waiting until their teen shows interest in dating. By then, you're behind. Body autonomy, appropriate touch, private versus public behavior: these concepts take longer to internalize for kids with developmental disabilities, and they need repetition across contexts before they...
Global Insights > Education
What U.S. Parents Can Learn from How Other Countries Educate Students with Disabilities
...Nordic countries embedded accessibility at the urban planning level decades before school placement became the negotiation point. Wheelchair-accessible public transit, universally designed playgrounds, buildings constructed with ramps rather than retrofitted: when physical access is infrastructure, educational...
Education > K-12
FAPE and LRE Explained: A Parent's Guide to Your Child's Rights Under IDEA
...in IEP documents, hear them in meetings, watch attorneys reference them when disputes arise. They sound...required to provide. FAPE stands for Free Appropriate Public Education. LRE means Least Restrictive Environment....for them. The key word in FAPE is not "free" or "public." It's "appropriate." And the crucial question...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Beyond the IEP: Legal Rights Parents of Children with Disabilities Should Know
...protections into employment, housing, public accommodations, and state services....children the right to a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive...government services. Title III covers public accommodations: restaurants, stores,...housing, or the Department of Justice for public accommodations and government services....
Financial > Housing Assistance
How to Get Priority Placement for Section 8 Housing with a Disability
Section 8 waiting lists can run years long. In some metro areas, five or more. But many Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) offer disability preference rules that let qualifying applicants move ahead in line, and most families don't know to ask...
Education > Other
Charter Schools and Special Education: What Parents Need to Know
...to know: charter schools are public schools, and they're bound...Act), and it requires every public school to accept students with...provide FAPE: a free appropriate public education. Charter schools...more autonomy than traditional public schools in areas like curriculum...Provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to students...
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Orientation and Mobility Training: The Foundation of Independence for Visually Impaired Children
...isn't one thing. It's a progression that begins with an infant learning their body exists in a room and continues through adulthood with independent public transportation use. Infants and toddlers work on body image (where are your hands, where are your feet), spatial concepts (in, on, under, next to),...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
IDEA Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Public Schools
The specific IDEA protections that apply to deaf and hard of hearing students, including qualified interpreters and appropriate placement.
Special Needs > Diabetes
Your Child's 504 Plan for Diabetes: A Complete Guide for School Management
...It's named for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits disability discrimination in programs receiving federal funding. Every public school in the country is covered. The plan puts specific accommodations in writing so they can't be walked back when staff change or budgets get tight....