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Legal > Advocacy
Questions to Ask Your Attorney Before Hiring Them
...Special Needs Attorney: Questions...Ask Your Attorney Before Hiring...special needs attorney, yet sometimes...special needs attorney. The right...The right attorney will help...the right attorney to deal...where your attorney stands on...education attorneys, some work...work as a public service...public service attorney,...service attorney, which means...education attorneys can also...type of attorney you hire,...
Legal > Government Benefits
Understanding Legal Rights and Government Assistance for Special Needs Individuals
...disabilities have equal access to public spaces, transportation, and...spaces, transportation, and services. This includes things like...to a free and appropriate public education. Government Benefits...transportation, and personal care services. It's important to work with...important to work with an attorney who specializes in...
Education > Accommodations
The IEP Process Explained by an Attorney
...regardless of abilities or disabilities, are provided with free appropriate public education. That's the term under the law. States that are taking federal...kids who qualify. SN: How do they qualify for these special education services? Mr. Knauf: If a teacher or a parent suspects that there is some kind of...
Education > Accommodations
Special Education Advocates
...access educational supports and services for their child, a consultation...or cause. A reputable non-attorney special education advocate...determine what supports and services are needed for their child...secure appropriate supports and services, modifications, and accommodations...to a "free and appropriate public education" (FAPE). Special...
News > Advocacy
Self-Advocacy for Adults with Disabilities: How to Speak Up in Medical Work and Daily Life
...employees, equal access to state and local government services, and access to public accommodations like restaurants,...state and local government services, and access to public accommodations like restaurants, hotels, and retail...approved. It means the burden is on the employer or service provider to demonstrate that your request would...
News > Research
The Autism Research Panel That Controls $2 Billion Just Lost Its Scientists
...research funding, was supposed to hold its first public meeting since January on March 19. It didn't happen....membership to include "leading research, advocacy, and service organizations for individuals with autism spectrum...research priorities is stacked with people whose public positions contradict the scientific consensus,...
Legal > Government Benefits
What to Do When Medicaid Cuts Your Child's In-Home Care
...Or the personal care services your family has relied...$80.7 million in cuts to services for people with disabilities....caregivers only after hours of public testimony. If you just...home and community-based services (HCBS) can come from...are being reduced, a service is being terminated,...advance notice before services are reduced or stopped....
Assistive Tech > Apps
App of the Day: Child Silence Timer and Clockwork Puzzle
...needs? Naoya Sangu: My past work experience as software engineer for web service and PC/mobile games gives me the expertise to develop apps — and my experience...repetitive clapping. We needed a way to help him learn to control loud noises in public places. When your kids are making loud...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Agency Spotlight: Dyslexia Awareness and Resource Center (DARC)
...although tiny, is mighty both in its example and its service to its community. Organizations such as this are...among our heroes. Attending countless IEP's and public meetings, and frequently consulted (and in some...frequently consulted (and in some cases reviled) by public officials, and the author of numerous position...
Legal > Advocacy
Government Websites Must Be Accessible to People with Disabilities by April 24. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...state and local government digital services. For disability families, this means...catalogs, transportation schedules, and public university platforms must now be screen-reader...not by the number of employees or service users. Covered entities include city...include city and county agencies, public universities, school districts, libraries,...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...can leave your child without the services they need. Here's what you need to...specialized instruction, related services like speech therapy or occupational...required to offer a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), meaning the services...Public Education (FAPE), meaning the services must...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Beyond the IEP: Legal Rights Parents of Children with Disabilities Should Know
...employment, housing, public accommodations, and...accommodations, and state services. Many parents don't...a free appropriate public education in the least...and local government services. Title III covers...services. Title III covers public accommodations: restaurants,...Department of Justice for public accommodations and...accommodations and government services. Employment Protections...