Sunday July 26, 2009 marked the 19th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Last Friday, July 31st, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sent a letter to the Chief State School Officers in each state encouraging them to review their state's "current policies and guidelines regarding the use of re
I received a great question and comment to my post from last May Toileting Assistance in Child Care and the ADA .
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
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.