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.
Supreme Court Rules the IDEA Authorizes Private-School...
Jun 22 2009
Today, by a 6 to 3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled in Forest Grove School District v T.A. that the IDEA authorizes tuition reimbursement for private school special education services if the school... Toileting Assistance in Child Care and the ADA
May 14 2009
After my post yesterday on Child Care and the ADA I received a very good question regarding child care programs providing assistance with toileting for children with disabilities who use "pull... The ADA and Child Care
May 13 2009
In my last post I discussed Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the context of Justice Department Sues Private School Chain for Discriminating Against Children with ... The ADA and Child Care
May 13 2009
In my last post I discussed Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the context of Justice Department Sues Private School Chain for Discriminating Against Children with ... Justice Department Sues Private School Chain for...
May 4 2009
Last Wednesday April 29th the U.S. Justice Department announced that it had filed suit in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia against Noble Learning Communities Inc. (Nobel). The Justice... Supreme Court to Hear Tuition Reimbursement Case: Forest...
Apr 20 2009
On April 28, 2009, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Forest Grove v. T.A. The issue is whether the school district can be required under the IDEA to reimburse parents for private... OCR Updates Information Regarding 504 and the Rights of...
Mar 31 2009
Last fall the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act was passed and signed into law (please see my post President Signs ADA Amendments Act of 2008). The ADA Amendments Act broadened the... The IDEA and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009
Mar 9 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 (ARRA) provides significant new funding for services for children with disabilities under the IDEA's Parts B and C. These additional IDEA funds... 