Special Education Cutoff At Age 20 Sparks Legal Action
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:16:48 -0700
Advocates in Hawaii are heading to court hoping to force the state to allow students with disabilities to stay in school until age 22, as is the case in many parts of the country.
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Advocates for disabled to protest at Woods Services building today
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:58:18 -0700
Members of the Alliance for Inclusive Education plan to hold a protest at 2 p.m. today outside the Middletown residential center for children and adults with disabilities where a 20-year-old man with severe autism died Saturday after he was left in a minivan.
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Suit Says Schools Fail Disabled Students
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:56:55 -0700
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Three groups claim Louisiana's Department of Education fails to ensure that students with disabilities have equal access and are protected from discrimination. Their complaint says more than 30 of the 80 schools that have opened since Hurricane Katrina have violated the rights of disabled students. The complaint alleges that students at those schools have been either denied ...
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