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CMS Compliance Toolkit for Home and Community-Based Services

March 20, 2014

Disability advocates rally for adequate funding for services

March 5, 2014

LaDDC News: Self-Direction, Therapeutic and Other Services Soon to be Available in Children’s Choice

December 19, 2013

LaDDC News: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

November 20, 2013

LaDDC News: Recruiting Strong Advocates for DD Council Membership

November 19, 2013

LaDDC News: Council’s 2014 Legislative/Advocacy Agenda

November 14, 2013

LaDDC News: Nurse Authorization and Training for Medication Administration and Non-complex Tasks

November 14, 2013

Common Core’s Promise Collides With IEP Realities

November 5, 2013

Special education teachers struggle to make sure individualized education programs align with standards By Christina A. Samuels One of the most promising elements of common academic standards for students with disabilities, say experts in special education, is that they offer explicit connections from one set of skills to another. That is particularly important for students […]

PARCC Adopts Spec. Ed. Testing Policy For Common Core

November 5, 2013

By Christina Samuels UPDATE: PARCC has posted online the materials on accommodations for special education students and common-core testing that it made available to its governing board. Please see memo to the board that outlines the contents of the policy; a PowerPoint presentation on the manual, and a draft of the final policy. An edited […]

Social Security, SSI Benefits To Rise In 2014

November 1, 2013

By Michelle Diament Monthly payments will increase next year for people with disabilities receiving benefits from Social Security, including Supplemental Security Income. The Social Security Administration said Wednesday that benefits will rise by 1.5 percent in 2014. The automatic adjustment known as COLA is intended to account for higher cost-of-living and is triggered by law […]