DRLC Helps Student with Disability Get Appropriate Education

This week, the Disability Rights Legal Center and McDermott Will & Emery LLP settled a due process case against the Los Angeles Unified School District on behalf of the parents of a 16-year-old student with a learning disability and speech and language deficits. The student is attending the tenth grade and has been receiving special education beginning in preschool but has a second-grade skill set because the district failed to provide him with an educational program designed to meet his unique needs. An independent psychologist conducted two evaluations of the student this past year and concluded that he is capable of much more. As a part of the settlement agreement the student will now have the opportunity to attend a non-public school in Pasadena, which has a program exclusively for students with learning disabilities and uses technology and specialized curriculum to teach their students. Keith Fichtelman, an associate at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, worked with the DRLC to achieve this great outcome for this student. 

To better serve residents of Orange County, Community Outreach Program staff will hold office hours on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Dayle McIntosh Center in Garden Grove. That means this month we will host office hours at the center on June 8 and June 22. Come meet our staff and learn about laws protecting the civil rights of those with disabilities, and services available to them, including health care, special education, government services and more. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, contact Maggie Hui, Community Outreach Program Coordinator, at (213) 736-1408 or Maggie.Hui@lls.edu. Video TDD (213) 736-8310; Video Relay Number (866) 912-8193. The Dayle McIntosh Center is located at 13272 Garden Grove Boulevard, Garden Grove, CA 92843-2205.