Last September 25, 2008 President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilties Amendments Act of 2008. The ADA Amendments Act legislatively over turned decisions by the Supreme Court that na
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The National Center for Learning Disabilities has provided scorecards for every state that includes information on state special education enrollment (including the number of students with
Today President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA).
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) issued a report on October 28th of its examination of services for students with disabilities in postsecondary education.
Parents may sometimes feel it is pointless to continue meeting with the school to work out IEP issues. But my experience has been that it is usually better to meet to resolve issues than not to meet. For example, in Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education v T.W. 56 IDELR 215 (D. Ct N.J.
Some cases have more interesting facts than others.
A Massachusetts School District violated a student’s 504 Plan by not providing training for staff on how to use an FM sound amplification system and not providing a back-up device for a student with a hearing impairment while the original device was being repaired.
On New Year’s Day the House of Representatives passed the Uninterrupted Scholars Act , S.
This post will provide a summary overview of several recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolutions involving students with disabilities and service animals.
This post will provide a summary overview of several recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolutions involving students with disabilities and service animals.