"Maintenance of effort" has been discussed on this blog in the past. It is the concept that a school district's special education...

Today marks the 5th annual World Autism Awareness Day. See what the White House and United Nations have to say about it:...

Sunday, April 1 kicks off autism awareness month. Some may be interested in the following event: Autism Story Book Mom – Annette...

The question of who is responsible for paying a child's education costs, which usually boils down to the issue of where the child...

For those who are unfamiliar, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), a well-known non-profit organization that works to...

Another interesting SRO decision. Before even getting into the substance of this decision, chew on this: the underlying case with the...

A March 1, 2012 decision from the SRO addressed a number of issues en route to its conclusion, in favor of the parents, that the CSE had...

I received a request this week to sign a petition protesting the proposed changes to the DSM-5 (see previous blog post titled Redefining...

If your child is transitioning from early intervention to preschool, you may be interested in this free informational presentation taking...

I came across an interesting article about sensory processing difficulties in the Fall 2011 issue of Autism Spectrum News. It describes...

Check out the series premiere of Touch, a drama about a widower and single father (Kiefer Sutherland) who discovers that his 11-year-old...

An audit of the services delivered by the DOE during the 2009-2010 school year revealed that special education students were grossly...

In Appeal No 11-158, the SRO considers an appeal by the district from an IHO's pendency order, making this more of an interlocutory...

As was indicated in a previous post, the state has come down hard on hearing officers and the manner in which impartial hearings have...

What do you think would be the effect of changing the way that we define autism? Looks like we will soon find out. The front page of...

In the words of Liz Lemon in the opening scene of 30 Rock's season premiere, Happy 2012! A belated happy new year to all. 2012 promises...

I read an article yesterday discussing the U.S. Supreme Court declination to hear the case of Compton Unified School District v. Addison....

A recent decision by the Washington, D.C. district court in the case of N.T. v. District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) considered the...

Autism Speaks has compiled a list of the top ten autism research achievements in 2011, including the South Korea study (which we...