Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
NDRN Releases Shocking Report on Seclusion and Restraint in...
Ability Law Blog Post
Today, the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) issued School is Not Supposed to Hurt, a disturbing national report on...
NDRN to Issue Report on Seclusion and Restraint in Schools
Ability Law Blog Post
On Tuesday January 13th the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) will conduct a media briefing and will release a...
New IDEA Rules Clarify Parents' Right to Revoke...
Ability Law Blog Post
The IDEA requires parental consent before a child receives special education and related services. But the IDEA statute does not...
Section 504 and Providing Health Related Services to...
Ability Law Blog Post
In my last post I discussed a California court decision that overturned guidance issued by the California Department of...
6th Circuit Lets Parent File Retaliation Suit for...
Ability Law Blog Post
In Jenkins v. Rock Hill Local School District and Evans 513 F.3d 580 (6th Cir. 2008) the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has...
For Some Families There's No Place Like Home: The IDEA...
Ability Law Blog Post
All fifty states have laws allowing parents to home school their children. Under the IDEA special education includes specially...
10th Circuit Denies Private Residential Placement for Child...
Ability Law Blog Post
In Thompson R2-J School District v Luke P., a case out of Colorado, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a district...
Ninth Circuit Rules that Limiting Parents’ Expert’s Class...
Ability Law Blog Post
In L.M. v Capistrano Unified School District, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that limiting the parents’...
Services Plans for Parentally-placed Private School...
Ability Law Blog Post
Some students with disabilities attend private rather than public schools. There are three scenarios in which a student with...
