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An article posted on The Wrightslaw Way blog.

Have you ever heard, "It's in your child's best interest" at an IEP team meeting? It might make you feel as if you, the parent, have neglected whatever you could do to help your child. Read this blog post and relax.

We can't take special needs education law for granted. We did not always have IDEA or Sec. 504 protections, and there are people who somehow continue to believe that assistance to the most vulnerable holds "everyone else" back. The following article by Rachel Aviv, from the current New Yorker magazine, shows how insidious, inbred and short-sighted that belief can be.

I once knew a man who detested going to the doctor. Unfortunately, he encountered illness and accident at least as often as the rest of us. His reluctance to seek timely expert advice or treatment transferred an unnecessary burden onto those around him.