Tag: advocate

Autism’s urban legend

By Rick Colosimo / February 19, 2010
Jen Laviano (@JenLaviano) has a post up this week that mentions my un-favorite urban legend about autism: that there are parents who get their kids a diagnosis so that they can get “extra help” from their school district. Jen talks...
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Severe discrepancy: references

By Rick Colosimo / October 10, 2009
Here are some quotes from relevant laws and regulations regarding the usage of the severe discrepancy model for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability: IDEA sections: a. 20 USC 1414(b)(2) says: (2)  Conduct of evaluation In conducting...
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ANNOUNCEMENT – Restraint Survey

By Rick Colosimo / September 29, 2009
via COPAA I include this today because the thought of these activities, let alone the actual descriptions of what has happened to our children, those least able to defend themselves, to seek protection, to tell others, chokes me up every...
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Parent sued for school district attorney fees

By Rick Colosimo / August 6, 2009
This article editorial (original behind paywall) (via this post) from Pennsylvania describes one of every special education parent’s many fears about the due process procedure: having to pay the school district’s legal fees if they lose. Reading the story, and...
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Do you have IEP questions in Delaware?

By Rick Colosimo / August 4, 2009
I’m considering scheduling some Roving Office Hours sessions at the Starbucks in Rehoboth Beach, DE during the week of August 22-29. 301 Rehoboth Ave. Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 302 227-3682 If you are going to be in the area during...
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CANCELLED @ Hackensack NJ

By Rick Colosimo / August 4, 2009
UPDATE: This event is CANCELLED — I will be attending the signing of the NJ autism insurance legislation. I’ll be at the Starbucks in Hackensack, NJ for Roving Office Hours on Thursday, August 13. Hackensack 360 Essex Street Hackensack, New...
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