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Thirteen year old Alex Fitzgerald of Woodbine, MD was not born disabled. However at 15 months of age, he began to mysteriously undergo a series of neurological deterioration that has left him deaf, blind, and unable to walk or use his hands effectively. Doctors are baffled by the mysterious illness that, so far, [...]
Should you have to send your kids with disabilities to public schools and let them fail there before your public school is required to pay for your child’s private education? The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a case to decide this question. Apparently, the law is unclear to public schools. Public school [...]
In today’s blog, we finish our discussion on “Effective Parent Advocacy” with Kay Lambert, former parent advocate with Advocacy Inc. Also, Advocacy Inc. is listed on the Special Needs Neighborhood website under Advocacy groups if you want more information about the Austin office of this organization.
Our question to Kay was “How can disability/parent groups be [...]
Here is a continuation of our discussion with Kay Lambert, former parent advocate with Advocacy Inc. Kay spent 23 years with Advocacy Inc. working on issues related to the disability/special needs community and has a lot of helpful information about how parents can be effective with state legislators.
I posed a question to Kay, “How can [...]
In last week’s blog we talked to Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, about ways that parents can be effective advocates for their children with their local legislators. In this installment of our interview, Rep. Howard answers a question that is near and dear to all of our hearts…why the long waits for state programs?
René: What do [...]
In a previous blog, we talked about “Getting on the Lists” (see July 9 post). Two moms shared with us in the blog and in the comments section about ways in which government programs managed by the state of Texas help them in their everyday lives in raising their children with special needs. The state [...]
