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Special Needs > Dyslexia
How to Request a School Evaluation for Dyslexia: Your Rights and the Step-by-Step Process
...name, grade, and school A clear statement: "I am requesting a comprehensive evaluation to determine if my child is eligible for special education services under IDEA." Specific concerns: reading difficulties, letter reversals, trouble with phonics, slow reading speed, difficulty spelling Any observations...
Legal > Government Benefits
Maryland Is Cutting $250 Million in Disability Services. Families Have Days to Push Back.
...locked. If your family depends on DDA services in Maryland, you have days to influence...2025, 19,100 Marylanders received services through DDA waivers. Services include...received Services through DDA waivers. Services include personal care, residential...thousands of people waiting years for services. The new cuts will reduce what's available...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
...school, when your child learns to name what they need and ask for it in situations they can handle. By the time they're navigating college disability services or workplace accommodations, they've practiced hundreds of times in lower-stakes settings. Parents often ask when to start teaching self-advocacy....
Global Insights > Advocacy
Beyond the IEP: Legal Rights Parents of Children with Disabilities Should Know
...employment, housing, public accommodations, and state services. Many parents don't realize the same legal structure...employment. Title II covers state and local government services. Title III covers public accommodations: restaurants,...Justice for public accommodations and government services. Employment Protections Parents Often Miss. Association...
Financial > Scholarships
How Vocational Rehabilitation Can Pay for Your College or Trade School
...sources first. VR counselors work with you to develop an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE). That plan outlines your employment goal and the services VR will provide to help you reach it. If your counselor determines that college or trade school is necessary to achieve that goal, VR can pay for...
Financial > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Access Services While You Wait (and How to Jump the Line)
...Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver six months...employment, adult day services: the supports that make...three ways to access services faster, and one of those...Medicaid HCBS waivers fund services that allow people with...different eligibility rules, service packages, and enrollment...enrollment caps. Waiver services typically include: Personal...
Education > Other
Charter Schools and Special Education: What Parents Need to Know
...Maybe a school tour guide gave you a vague answer when you asked about services. Maybe someone told you flat-out that the school "doesn't have the capacity"...transfers in Conduct evaluations and develop new IEPs as needed Provide related services (OT, PT, speech therapy, etc.) outlined...
Education > Other
Twice Exceptional Students: When Your Child Is Both Gifted and Has a Disability
...walks you through what twice exceptionality means, why these students slip through the cracks, how to get dual identification, and what educational services work for kids who need both challenge and support. What Twice Exceptional Means. Twice exceptional means a child qualifies as both gifted and disabled....
Legal > Government Benefits
Idaho Passed $22M in Medicaid Disability Cuts. Here's What Families Can Do Before the Governor Signs.
...million in Medicaid disability service cuts to Governor Brad Little's...for residential habilitation services. Combined with last year's...only state cutting disability services in 2026, and what happens...for residential habilitation services by $21.8 million in fiscal...reimbursement rate for each hour of service delivered. If that rate doesn't...
Education > Early Intervention
What Happens When Early Intervention Ends at Age 3: The Transition to Preschool Special Education
...not sure what that means for the services your family relies on. Here's what's...different eligibility rules, different service structures, and different goals. Your...something you need to request. Your service coordinator should notify you and...and 9 months old, reach out to your service coordinator directly. The 90-day window...
Education > Special Education
The 13 Disability Categories Under IDEA: Who Qualifies for Special Education
Understanding IDEA's 13 disability categories and why a diagnosis alone doesn't guarantee special education services.
Education > Higher Education
College Disability Resource Centers: How to Register and What Services to Expect
...might assume disability services work like high school:...registration looks like, what services you can expect, and how...dedicated to disability services. The name varies: Disability...Office of Accessibility Services, Student Accessibility...and provides additional services like assistive technology,...extra fees for these services. The DRC is funded as...