The Wrightslaw Way

New Book! Wrightslaw: All About IEPs is at the printer now! Shipping second week of December                        $12.95    Order now Answers more than 200 frequently asked questions & introduces key legal issues Outlines your rights & responsibilities and explains the law in plain language you can understand Provides the reference source of information, the […]

Thanks to your support of the Wrightslaw Way we are developing creative solutions to problems by getting advice and information from others. Here’s our new page – Community Helpline: Ask or Answer a Question Here You’ll find it on the sidebar under Helpful Information. If you would like to ask the Community a question, or […]

I was told that my child cannot participate in sports at school because he has an IEP. Isn’t this discrimination?  Prohibiting a student from participating in a sport because he has a disability and an IEP is discrimination, and a violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.  There are exceptions.

Parent #1: My son wants to be “left behind”. I feel that another year in the smaller, familiar middle school would be less intimidating and give him some time to mature. Because of the b’day he really wouldn’t be older than the rest anyway. Parent #2: I don’t want my child to be retained. Everything […]

(Moved from the Community Helpline) The school is proposing to have the majority of our autistic son’s special ed services provided by a classroom aide. They are saying the aide doesn’t need formal training or experience because he/she will be supervised by a highly qualified special ed person. How much training is implied by 1400 […]