by Dan DeMarle | Jan 18, 2024 | Child sexual abuse/exploitation/sex trafficking, Legislative Advocacy, Parents/Guardians
The FBI is warning parents about a spike in sexual extortion schemes aimed at individuals under 18 occurring across gaming platforms, video-streaming sites and social media. CBS News’ Nicole Sganga reports on the alarming trend. Read in CBS News:...
by Dan DeMarle | Nov 29, 2023 | Accessibility, Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Disability, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy
New Disabled South launches a plain language dashboard to clarify the complicated text of proposed legislation. A New Tool Helps Disabled People Track—and Shape—Laws That Impact...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 3, 2023 | Disability, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Uncategorized
Disability advocates are hailing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a case that they feared could lead to severe restrictions on the rights of people who rely on Medicaid and other government programs. The high court issued an opinion late last week in a case known as...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 1, 2023 | Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Special Education, Uncategorized
The New York State Education Department’s Office of Counsel today released the attached opinion interpreting the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ Decision in A.R. v. Connecticut Board of Education concerning the responsibility of public schools to provide special...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 21, 2023 | Disability, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Uncategorized
ite House on Tuesday. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS) With a sweeping new executive order, President Joe Biden is looking to ease pressure on the nation’s beleaguered home and community-based services system. The White House described the order, which Biden signed...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 4, 2023 | Classroom, Dyslexia, Learning Disability, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Parents/Guardians, Reading, Reading, School Districts, Teaching
There are proven ways to help people with dyslexia learn to read, and a federal law that’s supposed to ensure schools provide kids with help. But across the country, public schools are denying children proper treatment and often failing to identify them with...
