Ability Law Blog
Author: Randy Chapman, Esq.
Randy Chapman has been the director of legal services at Disability Law Colorado since 1980. He played a pivotal role in the development of disability law and helped break ground in implementing special education law.
He has authored multiple publications about special education law, and overseen legal representation to more than 25,000 people with disabilities in Colorado.
Discipline and Disability: Determining When a Child's...
Feb 4 2009
Readers I originally posted this article in October 2007. I have added some additional content and links to the IDEA Regulations in this new version. NDRN Releases Shocking Report on Seclusion and Restraint in...
Jan 13 2009
Today, the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) issued School is Not Supposed to Hurt, a disturbing national report on seclusion and restraint in U.S. schools. According to the press... NDRN to Issue Report on Seclusion and Restraint in Schools
Jan 8 2009
On Tuesday January 13th the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) will conduct a media briefing and will release a disturbing national report on seclusion and restraint in U.S. schools.... New IDEA Rules Clarify Parents' Right to Revoke...
Dec 22 2008
The IDEA requires parental consent before a child receives special education and related services. But the IDEA statute does not say what a Local Education Agency (LEA) should do when a child is... Section 504 and Providing Health Related Services to...
Dec 9 2008
In my last post I discussed a California court decision that overturned guidance issued by the California Department of Education directing California schools to allow trained lay people to... Court Overturns California Department of Education...
Nov 19 2008
In August of 2007 the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the California Department of Education (CDE) entered into an agreement that ensured that students with diabetes had access to... 6th Circuit Lets Parent File Retaliation Suit for...
Nov 3 2008
In Jenkins v. Rock Hill Local School District and Evans 513 F.3d 580 (6th Cir. 2008) the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has supported a parent's right to sue for retaliation when the school... The IDEA and Charter Schools
Oct 29 2008
What are charter schools? For Some Families There's No Place Like Home: The IDEA...
Oct 9 2008
All fifty states have laws allowing parents to home school their children. Under the IDEA special education includes specially designed instruction in the home when that home based instruction is... President Signs ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Sep 25 2008
Finally some good news! Following on the heels of the Senate's passage last week of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, President Bush this morning signed the act into law. In a written statement issued... 