children with disabilities

General Education "Innovative Teaching Practices...

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A school district must develop an IEP for a student with a disability even though the instruction the student needs is part of...

Preschool Children with Disabilities Have Right to Least...

Ability Law Blog Post
There is frequently confusion regarding how least restrictive environment (LRE) applies to preschool children with disabilities....

District's Indifference to Bullying and Harassment of...

Ability Law Blog Post
The school district in Preston ex rel. A.P. v. Hilton Cent. Sch. Dist., 112 LRP 36253 (W.D.N.Y. 07/11/12), claimed that because...

Decisions Regarding Students Using Service Animals at...

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Section 504 requires that school districts consider a student's request to bring a service animal to school individually and,...

LRE Applies to Work Placements

Ability Law Blog Post
In a letter to Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, one of my Protection and Advocacy colleagues with Disability Rights Wisconsin, the Office of...

Parents Concerns Regarding Siblings Immune Deficiency did...

Ability Law Blog Post
In Stamps ex. rel. H.S.,S.S, and J.S v Gwinnett County Sch Dist., 112 LRP 28567 (11th Cir. 06/04/12 unpublished), the parents of...

Charter School Violated 504 by Requiring Student with...

Ability Law Blog Post
In Academy of Waterford (MI) 112 LRP 15747 (OCR 2011) the staff at Academy of Waterford, a public charter school in Michigan,...

Manifestation Determination (MD) Review is Not a Hearing...

Ability Law Blog Post
 A pet peeve of mine is the common misperception that the manifestation determination review process is a "hearing." The IDEA...

Homebound Student May Use 504 and the ADA to Challenge...

Ability Law Blog Post
 In Mowry v. Logan County Board of Education, 58 IDELR 192 (S.D. W. Va. 2012), a West Virginia high school student who was placed...

District Discriminated Against Student by Failing to Follow...

Ability Law Blog Post
Parents frequently ask which is better enforced: An IEP or a 504 Plan? While the 504 regulations do not specify the detail...

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