by Common Ground | Jun 13, 2018 | Snapshot
There are 6.7 million students with disabilities in our nation’s classrooms, up from 6.6 million the previous year. 13.2% of all students ages 3-21 in the United States have educational disabilities. More than 1/3 of all students with disabilities have a specific...
by Common Ground | Oct 25, 2016 | Courts
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that will set the national standard for the education of students with disabilities. At issue is the level of benefit that school districts are required to provide. The court will consider the question of whether...
by Common Ground | Feb 18, 2016 | Parents
By Joanne DeSimone He was 5 years old and autistic but reachable. He was delayed, but came to your kindergarten class counting, knowing his alphabet and writing his name. There were sensory issues that couldn’t be avoided in a large New York City classroom, and I...
by Common Ground | May 14, 2015 | Courts
A Monmouth County school district has been ordered by an administrative law judge to provide compensatory education to a student with disabilities. The case involves a 21-year-old man with autism and an array of complex behavior, including self-injury, aggression, and...
by Common Ground | Aug 11, 2014 | Capitols
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, (CMS) officials released federal guidance for states on Medicaid coverage of therapies for autism, indicating that such treatments are covered for beneficiaries under age 21. While the guidance focuses on the provision of...
by Common Ground | Aug 11, 2014 | Courts
The United States District Court has upheld the decision of an Administrative Law Judge, requiring a New Jersey School district to reimburse parents for placement in an approved private school. The case involves a preschooler with severe autism for whom private...
by Common Ground | Apr 16, 2012 | Courts
After a protracted court battle, a New Jersey school district has agreed to reimburse parents for legal fees and the cost of tuition at a state-approved private school. The case involves a boy with autism, now 15, placed at a private school by his parents. Initially,...
by Common Ground | Sep 30, 2011 | Courts
Plaintiffs contend that the district’s “Automatic Autism Transfer Policy” violates state and federal law.A Pennsylvania judge will soon hear a class action case alleging that a school district is illegally moving children from one school to another based solely on...
by Common Ground | Jun 1, 2011 | Courts
A federal District Court has concluded that a New Jersey school district violated IDEA when it determined a student’s placement before the IEP meeting, and without parental input. The case involves a 10 year-old girl with an autism spectrum disorder who had been...
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