Banned! Can a School Refuse to Allow a Service Dog?
Can a school refuse a service dog for a child with behavior and emotional disability because they do not allow any pets? The school does not want any animals on Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Discrimination / Section 504 / ADAA
3rd Edition – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law. Stay Tuned!
We are working on the Third Edition of our Wrightslaw: Special Education Law book. This edition will have a greater emphasis on both Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Continue Reading →
Are Rights a Reality?
In November, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released the 2019 Statutory Report. Evaluating Federal Civil Rights Enforcement https://www.usccr.gov/pubs/2019/11-21-Are-Rights-a-Reality.pdf Chapter 3: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights See Continue Reading →
Caselaw: FRY V. NAPOLEON – STATE OR FEDERAL CASE?
Isabel: Is Fry v. Napoleon Comm. School District is this a federal or state case?
Accommodations for High School Students in Advanced Placement (AP) Classes
Can my high school student with a learning disability take an AP class? The school told us AP classes were not for kids with LD. This is discrimination that is Continue Reading →
ISEA 2017: Day 4
What a great ISEA Class of 2017 – after happy hour and dinner, they were in class sessions and discussion late into the night. And yet, up bright and early Continue Reading →
Is Fragrance Sensitivity a Disability under ADA?
Sprays and perfume in the classroom is an asthmatic trigger for my son! Spraying Lysol is another concern. The school says they can not include this in his 504 plan Continue Reading →
Judge Neil Gorsuch: Nominee for the Supreme Court by Pete Wright
(Posted on Pete Wright’s Facebook page, January 29, 2017). I think it’s likely that Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit will be nominated as the next Justice on the Continue Reading →
Aides: DOES HAVING AIDE ON IEP ALSO INCLUDE FIELD TRIPS? (CA)
David: My 4th grade Son has ADHD. He has an IEP in place and an behavioral Aide is assigned to him. An optional field trip to Sacramento is scheduled for Continue Reading →
U.S. DOE Releases Guidance On Civil Rights of Students with ADHD
Students with ADHD and Section 504: A Resource Guide – (07/26/16) U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issues Guidance clarifying the obligation of schools to provide FAPE Continue Reading →
