The Wrightslaw Way

Moving once every three years, military families who have children with special needs face unique financial, medical, and legal issues, particularly during deployment or a PCS. Parents need to understand their legal rights under IDEA (20 U.S.C. 1400), Section 504, and the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. 1. Children with a disability […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Community Support for Military Families with Special Needs announces the new Educational Directory for Children with Special Needs. The Directory provides useful, practical information about the services for children with ASD. The Directory provides assignment personnel and families of military dependents with ASD the information they need to […]

Legislative efforts are under way to change the North Carolina statute that creates an artificial barrier to treatment for children with Autism. Creative Legislative Solutions is working to affect changes in the North Carolina Administrative Code to allow for the practice of Behavior Analysis and therapy by persons certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board […]

If you are a military family with special needs, please understand that you are not alone, says Jeremy Hilton on “Making It in the MilLife”. We are parents just like you. We’ve been doing this for a while – not perfectly, but we hope that you can learn from our experiences. Whatever your situation, know […]

The candle we lit in September 2007 for our service men and women still burns at Wrightslaw. We wanted to know what we could do to put a smile on a soldier’s face.  We learned there were dozens of websites and dozens of ways to support our troops,  so we shared this information for those […]

Desperately wanting to be part of your child’s educational experience but finding it difficult to coordinate your schedule and attend meetings? If you think you have trouble, try taking part when you are 8 time zones away! Deployed in Afghanistan with the 1-17th Infantry Battalion makes it challenging for Capt. Eric Livengood to attend his […]

“I’m a special ed teacher who is looking for information on timelines for IEPs. My administrator said we have a “90-day” reprieve on an IEP when a new child moves into the district. I have always tried to hold an IEP meeting within the first week of school with students from out of district. Can […]

On this new year’s day 2010, Michael Yon honors our service men and women in his photo essay about the 1-17th Infantry, 5/2 SBCT. Read Into Thine Hand I Commit My Spirit. Our troops need to know we are thinking about them, and appreciate their amazing sacrifice.  Our hearts go out to their children and […]