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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on February 27, 2007, in a case that will determine whether parents of special needs children must hire a lawyer to sue a school district over their children's special education needs.

Today's special needs children have educational rights that could entitle them to a free public education.

Senator Kennedy and his son, Representative Kennedy, are advocating for differing federal mental health parity bills.

A Medicare advocacy group has begun pressing Congress to pass a bill that would eliminate the two-year wait imposed on individuals with disabilities before they can qualify for Medicare.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that parents of special needs children do not need to hire a lawyer to sue a school district over their children's special education needs.

While there are a number of groups and resources for the parents of children with special needs, did you know that there is also an organization devoted to the siblings of these children?...

After the Government Accountability Office found numerous instances of abuse and neglect when schools employed restraints and seclusion to "control" children with special needs, legislation was introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate aimed at reducing the use of...

In an apparent violation of federal law, states are increasingly using nursing homes to house young and middle-age people with mental illnesses.