children with disabilities
Special Education and Surrogate Parents
Ability Law Blog Post
Joanna was frustrated. She had just been assigned to be the social worker for a three year old girl with fetal...
Taking Giant Baby Steps: Early Intervention Services Under...
Ability Law Blog Post
Carmella had just returned from her pediatrician’s office with the news that Edward, her beautiful eleven-month-old boy, may have...
Ten Tips to Parents to Improve Participation in IEP Meetings
Ability Law Blog Post
It was a beautiful but busy Monday morning. The brisk air signaled autumn’s approach as Brenda hustled to get her two boys off ...
Supporting Students with Disabilities After High School:...
Ability Law Blog Post
While in preschool, elementary and high school children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education...
Supreme Court Denies Cert in "Frank G. v. Board of...
Ability Law Blog Post
As discussed in my previous post, last week the Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Board of...
Supreme Court Affirms Tuition Reimbursement for Private...
Ability Law Blog Post
The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Board of Education of the City of New...
Getting the Most Out of the Least Restrictive Environment
Ability Law Blog Post
Brenda tossed her parent folder on to the kitchen table and then slid into the sofa, pleased but exhausted. She had just...
Discipline and Disability: Determining When a Child’s...
Ability Law Blog Post
As a parent, Maria had a long rope but she was quickly nearing the end of it. The principal had just called and asked her to...
Sticks and Stones can Break Your Bones But Words can Break...
Ability Law Blog Post
Jeremy was in tears and Brenda's temperature had reached the boiling point. Jeremy was in 7th Grade and used a wheelchair....
New York Gets IDEA Burden of Proof Right
Ability Law Blog Post
In Schaeffer v. Weast the U.S. Supreme Court placed the burden of proof in special education cases on the side challenging the...