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Aging Out of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to Transition Services and 18-22 Programs
Your child's special education...child's special education services...don't end at high school...through age 22 or until...whole story. What happens between...story. What happens between 16...between 16 and 22 matters more...earlier, at 14 or 15,...should begin at any age if...Starting at age 16 (or...Post-secondary education or training:...training: what comes after...continuing education Employment:...
Social Engagement > Discrimination
Understanding Disability Discrimination: Your Rights and How to Take Action
...in healthcare, at work, or when...same as knowing what to call it, which...article covers what disability discrimination...deadline runs out. What Counts as Disability...discrimination happens when someone is...appropriate public education (FAPE), discriminatory...Department of Education's Office for Civil...Civil Rights. At work: Failure...advancement. Only 22.7% of people with...
News > Advocacy
After a Man with Autism Called 911 for Help and Was Fatally Shot, Advocates Are Demanding Change. Here's What Every Disability Family Needs to Know.
...officers fired. He died at the scene. His death, reported...Disability Scoop on April 22, has reignited urgent calls...are instead putting lives at risk. For families raising...are clear: when a crisis happens, calling 911 can be dangerous....to protect themselves. What Happened to Alex LaMorie....degree and was studying at the University of Maryland...
Legal > Government Benefits
Understanding SSI Resource Limits and What Assets Count
...the resource limit. This happens more often than it should....$80,000 in it doesn't count at all. Here's what counts,...doesn't count at all. Here's what counts, what doesn't, and...all. Here's what counts, what doesn't, and how ABLE accounts...change the math entirely. What Counts as a Resource for...full balance, not just what you deposited this month....
Legal > Government Benefits
What to Do If Your Child's Disability Benefits Are Denied
...denied, and you're not sure what happens next or whether you...denied, and you're not sure what happens next or whether you can fix...percentage of initial applicAtions. At age 18, when childhood SSI recipients...levels and specific deadlines at each one. The 60-Day Deadline....helps you know where you are and what comes next. 1. Reconsideration....
Financial > Financial Planning
Medicaid Estate Recovery and Special Needs Trusts
...establish special needs trusts,...often focus on what the trust can...therapies, education, recreation,...equipment. What gets less attention...attention is what happens to...attention is what happens to the trust...you have. What Medicaid Estate...community-based services at any age. For...through probate. Special needs trusts...But not all special needs trusts...first-party special needs trust...
Career > Interviewing
Accessible Interview Locations: What to Request and What Employers Must Provide
...you're trying to figure out what you can ask for without...ASL interpreters. Here's what you're allowed to request,...how to ask for it, and what happens if the site still...to ask for it, and what happens if the site still isn't...still isn't accessible. What the ADA Requires for Interview...doesn't just mean a ramp at the front door. It means:...
Career > Finding Jobs
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance: Benefits Counseling Before Returning to Work
...on your own: what happens to your...your own: what happens to your benefits...and map out what happens at different...map out what happens at different...what happens at different income...of guessing. What WIPA Counselors...benefits data (what you're receiving...receiving now, what programs you're...enrolled in, what your state's...considering. Here's what they calculate:...
Career > Discrimination
Isolation and Exclusion: Social Discrimination Against Disabled Employees
...Project staffing happens in hallway discussions...not sure whether what you're experiencing...office politics. What you're experiencing...affects your work. What matters legally...clearer when you look at what's happening...when you look at what's happening in the...informal mentorship happens in settings you're...check-ins that only happen with non-disabled...
Career > Discrimination
Disparate Impact and Disability: When Neutral Policies Discriminate
...screen out workers with disabilities at higher rates than workers without disabilities,...blocking your access to employment. What Disparate Impact Means Under the ADA....Means Under the ADA. Disparate impact happens when a workplace policy that applies...workers. It doesn't mention disability at all. But in practice, it excludes or...
Career > Accommodations
Service Animals in the Workplace: Employer Obligations and Employee Rights
...is specific about what your employer can...employer can ask, what they must provide,...must provide, and what happens if they refuse....provide, and what happens if they refuse. What...if they refuse. What the ADA Says About...Service Animals at Work. The Americans...employer must engage in what the EEOC calls the...undue hardship, and what alternatives might...
Career > Accommodations
The Interactive Process: What Happens After You Request a Workplace Accommodation
...accommodation request. Now what? You're not in...required to engage in what's called the "interactive...litigation. But knowing what should happen at...knowing what should happen at each stage puts...should happen at each stage puts...navigate it. Here's what happens after you...it. Here's what happens after you request...accommodation, what your employer must...it takes, and what to do if the process...