I’m sure if this has happened to you, it sure felt like a gaslighting moment. You have a child. The child sees various doctors and specialists, some of whom have diagnosed the child with autism. Then, ...

I never intended to become a Special Education Advocate. I took some IEP training because my disabled son was a toddler and I thought that the information would be good to have. Then, the 2008 ...

It’s no secret that many kids with disabilities struggle socially and struggle to build and maintain friendships. When Brian tells me stories of kids at school who sound like they have a disability of ...

Massive list of 11 federal and 50 state agencies that you can ask for assistance with your disability issue. If you are living with a disability and need help, each state has a Disabilities Protection ...

I will never forget this one day when Kevin was a preschooler. We had an IEP meeting, and one of his proposed math IEP goals was to be able to visualize and identify what 2 of something looks like or ...

What this will look like in day to day practice will vary by the student’s abilities. Even students with a lot of needs can be taught to self advocate. For example, my son cannot speak. However, when ...

In Your IEP Playbook: A Parent’s Guide to Confident Advocacy, disability parent and special education advocate Lisa Lightner delivers a practical guide for parents and caregivers of children with ...

32 66 2.3K 34 Share or save for quick reference. Quite often, I hear from parents who are offered a 504 plan when they requested an IEP. I could get you really deep in the weeds with the explanation ...

After preparing this blog post, I will return to the Google Play Store and get some of these apps. I can be scatterbrained, and stress makes it worse. As an adult with ADHD, I often struggle with ...

The sections are now in alphabetical order. If it helps, you can scroll up, and unfold the table of contents, and that will then show the different sections. And, now ...

Reading comprehension is such an essential skill. Being able to decode is not enough. Once a student has the ability to decode, then they move on to reading comprehension IEP goals. Most government ...

Advocating for your child shouldn’t feel like you’re drowning in a sea of paperwork. Yet, for so many parents, managing the endless evaluations, progress reports, meeting notes, and emails feels ...