2. Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
3. The Parent Information Center (PIC), a New Hampshire statewide family organization, strives to achieve positive outcomes for children and youth, with a focus on those with disabilities and special healthcare needs. This is achieved through its partnerships with families, educators, youth, professionals and organizations.
4. The Asperger / Autism Network (AANE) works with individuals, families, and professionals to help people with Asperger Syndrome and similar autism spectrum profiles build meaningful, connected lives.
5. Protecting the Legal and Civil Rights of Students with Disabilities and their Families
6. Do you feel lost when it comes to ADHD and its related issues and concerns? CHADD provides evidence-informed courses and support to parents, supplying information, tools and resources to families.
7. Decoding Dyslexia is a grassroots movement driven by families across the country who are motivated to raise awareness and improve educational interventions for people with dyslexia within our public schools and universities. In New Hampshire we also aim to empower students with dyslexia and their families and inform policy-makers on best practices to identify, remediate and support students with dyslexia.
8. An estimated 50,365 children in New Hampshire have special health care needs. Some need diagnosis and routine treatment; others need life-sustaining technology, treatment, and medicines their entire lives.
9. The NHDOE is committed to helping students, parents, and educators (including teachers, principals, superintendents, and school communities) meet the educational needs of each student. This site provides a wealth of data and information about the NHDOE’s programs, services, and initiatives at the fingertips of every citizen.
10. Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
11. Since June 2011, ATA has been accessibility consulting with Zero Divide’s Broadband Training and Access Program (BTOP) GenZD Literacy Program.
12. Improving the lives of people affected by ADHD
13. A NATIONWIDE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WITH FAMILIES AS ITS SOLE FOCUS
14. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disability, typically appearing during childhood and affecting a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others.
The thirteen categories of special education covered under IDEA include:
- Autism
- Deaf-Blindness
- Deafness
- Emotional Disturbance
- Hearing Impairment
- Intellectual Disability*
- Multiple Disabilities
- Orthopedic Impairment
- Other Health Impairments
- Specific Learning Disability
- Speech or Language Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Visual Impairment
