A child who needs specialized instruction (special education services) related to a qualifying disability will generally have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) under IDEA. A child who doesn’t ...

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Two years ago, my son James was invited to speak at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. at an event celebrating the 25 th anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C. Olmstead v. L.C. is a 1999 Supreme ...

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For more than 20 years, Jessica Johnson lived on the streets of El Sobrante, Antioch and other cities in Contra Costa County. For a while, she slept behind a bank. Sometimes, she’d find respite in a ...

To those who knew him, Noah Silver was a bright, happy child identified as gifted with a penchant for playing instruments. He started playing bass guitar at the age of 11 and picked up acoustic guitar ...

I was in my mid-40s when I found a lump in my left breast. It wasn’t long before doctors detected cancer on the right side as well, and soon after that I was meeting with a plastic surgeon to discuss ...

When California rolled out its 988 mental health crisis response hot line in July 2022, architects believed it would lead to an overhaul of the emergency medical system. They envisioned callers in ...