Special Needs Law Group Blog
First Circuit Court Decision Pushes Back at Public School Standards for Students with Disabilities
Background: Free Appropriate Public Education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) should be well-known to parents of children with disabilities. IDEA is the federal law that requires state public...
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Back-To-School Checklist for Children with Special Needs
The end of August is approaching and in the Northeast our children go back to school right before Labor Day. Some children with special needs attend separate private day schools and they generally head back to school after Labor Day. If your child attends...
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Well-Wishes for Heather
It is with such sadness that we announce to our clients and friends that Heather Pyne is leaving Special Needs Law Group to start a new adventure! For almost five years Heather has been an integral part of our SNLG family and was the first point of contact for many of...
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Happy Mother’s Day
Annette Hines As another Mother’s Day approaches, I am so mindful of my grief and the grief of other mother's whose child will not be with them on this day. For me, my daughter Elizabeth is not here. It booms and thunders within me. I look up at my treasures in my...
read moreWoman with Autism about to Graduate from Law School
I ran across an article yesterday that, as a lawyer, I found particularly compelling. A young woman with autism is about to graduate from the highly ranked Marshall–Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary. Perhaps most of our special needs kids aren’t...
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