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.
General Education "Innovative Teaching Practices...
Aug 22 2012
A school district must develop an IEP for a student with a disability even though the instruction the student needs is part of the district's general education program or "best teaching practices."... General Education "Innovative Teaching Practices...
Aug 22 2012
A school district must develop an IEP for a student with a disability even though the instruction the student needs is part of the district's general education program or "best-teaching practices."... Preschool Children with Disabilities Have Right to Least...
Jul 27 2012
There is frequently confusion regarding how least restrictive environment (LRE) applies to preschool children with disabilities. Preschool-aged children with disabilities are children with... District's Indifference to Bullying and Harassment of...
Jul 19 2012
The school district in Preston ex rel. A.P. v. Hilton Cent. Sch. Dist., 112 LRP 36253 (W.D.N.Y. 07/11/12), claimed that because its staff's failure to investigate the bullying and harassment of a... Decisions Regarding Students Using Service Animals at...
Jul 11 2012
Section 504 requires that school districts consider a student's request to bring a service animal to school individually and, like most issues involving students with disabilities, the decision must... LRE Applies to Work Placements
Jul 2 2012
In a letter to Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, one of my Protection and Advocacy colleagues with Disability Rights Wisconsin, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)(Letter to Spitzer-Resnick 112 LRP... District's Safety Concerns Do Not Justify Shortened...
Jun 29 2012
In Castaic (Ca) Union Elementary Sch. Dist., 58 IDELR 234 (OCR IX, San Francisco (Ca) 2011), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determined that the school district denied students with mobility... Parents Concerns Regarding Siblings Immune Deficiency did...
Jun 18 2012
In Stamps ex. rel. H.S.,S.S, and J.S v Gwinnett County Sch Dist., 112 LRP 28567 (11th Cir. 06/04/12 unpublished), the parents of three siblings with genetic conditions, neurological disorders, and an... Charter School Violated 504 by Requiring Student with...
Jun 5 2012
In Academy of Waterford (MI) 112 LRP 15747 (OCR 2011) the staff at Academy of Waterford, a public charter school in Michigan, violated 504 when it told the parent of 10 year-year-old with diabetes... Manifestation Determination (MD) Review is Not a Hearing...
Jun 4 2012
A pet peeve of mine is the common misperception that the manifestation determination review process is a "hearing." The IDEA requires that when a student with a disability has his/her educational ... 