Special Education Law and Advocacy
My daughter’s evaluation results said, she “may experience difficulty in retrieving phonological information from long-term or permanent memory, as well as difficulty executing a sequence of operations quickly and repeatedly.” Continue Reading →
I’ve been writing my column, Doing Your Homework, for many years. Parents and teachers ask questions. Sometimes they don’t agree with my answers. Often, they aren’t willing to do the Continue Reading →
I asked for an aide for my son. The school said he would have to have an “aide assessment.” What is that? I’ve never heard of such a thing. We’ve Continue Reading →
We finally have a 504 in place for my 14 year old son with ADHD and very mild Asperger’s. He has dysgraphia and is so unorganized. The teachers were supposed Continue Reading →
From Jim Comstock-Galagan The recent amendments to Section 504 and the ADAA greatly expanded coverage under Section 504/ADA. The ADA Amendments Act, Public Law No. 110–325 (2008), overturned Supreme Court Continue Reading →
We need your help. Please join the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity and Wrightslaw by signing this Petition to Congress. The Petition asks Congress to require testing agencies to provide accommodations for dyslexic students so their high stakes Continue Reading →
What is Universal Design for Learning? “Universal design calls for planning for the needs of the broadest possible range of users. Within an educational framework, universal design refers to a Continue Reading →
Thursday, July 26, 2012 Wrightslaw is live blogging all week. We hope you will join us for Day 4 from the Institute of Special Education Advocacy (ISEA). Day 1 Day Continue Reading →
My 7th grade daughter is in an advanced academic program. The proposed IEP accommodations allow her to turn in homework late, with a penalty. We are transition planning for college Continue Reading →
Although our son is blind and autistic, physically he is able and he is compliant. The school agreed to APE on his IEP – but only 30 minutes a week. Continue Reading →
