More and more states have been enacting autism insurance legislation reforms to require insurance companies to cover the costs of certain...

An issue that comes up in many of our cases is, when a child attends a parochial school or a program with non-secular aspects, may a...

I wanted to comment on an issue that arose in a case I handled recently. I think it exemplifies the type of difficulties a parent may...

United Cerebral Palsy (UCP), an organization that educates, advocates, and provides support services for individuals with various...

Yesterday I attended ICare4Autism's Annual International Autism Conference held at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshivah...

The story of a young man with Asperger's, a form of autism, who was shot dead by cops in Florida last week is as confusing as it is sad....

Check out this interesting article describing what the future has in store for special needs students in the area of testing...

A bill pending in the NYS Senate Committee on Education proposes better programs and services for "twice exceptional students" - those...

I received the following email yesterday regarding proposed changes to New York education law: ATTENTION PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH...

Although this Education Week blog post relates to South Carolina, it is an interesting example of the tension between state and federal...

In SRO 11-015, the school district appealed an impartial hearing officer's decision to award tuition reimbursement to parents who had...

The No Child Left Behind Law, for me, conjures up an image of a parent threatening and threatening and threatening to punish a child but...

The Board of Regents, recognizing that local school districts are in financial straits and seeking to reduce their financial burden, has...

Following up on the previous blog post - The following is a list of some of the changes being proposed by the NYS Board of Regents as an...

This New York Times article, although it highlights the Chicago public school system, provides insight into the importance of inclusion...

According to the Daily News, delays within the DOE have left the city scrambling to find spots for over 15,000 special education students...

Mayor Bloomberg's Panel for Education Policy has voted to increase the size of special education classes in NYC. You might remember that...

Read the letter on the Washington Post's blog: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-letter-from-assessment-experts-t...

Although this New York Times story discusses a special needs family in San Francisco, it will strike a chord with parents in New York...

It seems you read a new story every day about the DOE botching a project or corruption within the school system. One example concerns...