by Annette Hines | Oct 12, 2022 | Announcements, Education, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Special Needs Planning
October is Special Needs Awareness Month! To celebrate, Annette Hines hosted four webinars on important topics related to Special Needs Law. Following those events, she also aired Parenting Impossible Podcast episodes on three of the topics listed below. Click on the...
by Annette Hines | Aug 29, 2022 | Advocacy, Education, Events, General Interest
At Special Needs Law Group of Massachusetts, we’re celebrating 10 years of service in the disability community as a law firm solely dedicated to offering specialized legal services to families with disabilities. The creation of our law group in July 2012 was...
by Annette Hines | Mar 4, 2021 | Advocacy, Education, Special Needs
Children and young adults between the ages of 3 and 21 whose disabilities are severe enough to negatively affect learning are entitled to special education services at no cost to parents, and these services are federally mandated in all states. In most states,...
by Annette Hines | Sep 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Education, Parenting, Special Needs Planning
As we all know, transition planning has been one of the most challenging services to provide during the past 6 months. In the beginning of the pandemic, all of the special needs students were pulled from their vocational rehabilitation programs. All of the...
by Annette Hines | Jun 26, 2020 | Advocacy, Education, Parenting, Special Needs
In the Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District case of March 2017, the Supreme Court reviewed the educational rights guaranteed under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The heart behind this case was the IDEA’s requirement that states provide...
by Annette Hines | Apr 20, 2020 | Advocacy, Education, Special Needs, Special Needs Planning
As all of us navigate these unprecedented times, we face numerous challenges to our health and wellbeing. At Special Needs Companies, we hope to assist you and your family by offering accurate information and resources. For example, all adults and children may be...
