Looking for info on Special Needs Legal Stuff?

Special Needs Answers might have it. This site has a lot of information for Parents and Families as well as attorneys.
Some recent articles that I found very helpful:
SSI Basics - Finally - information in plain English!
Federal Legislation Would Eliminate Use of ‘Mentally Retarded’ in Government Programs - It’s about time!
Program Provides Tax Benefits to Workers [...]

Augmentative Communication on an iPhone or iPod Touch

I was going through some of Terry Mauro’s articles on About.com Special Needs Children and saw this article:
Augmentative Communication on an iPhone or iPod Touch
If your Special Needs Family Member has trouble speaking this looks like a great tool.  It is not only affordable but cool and your kids will appreciate that!

Autism Awareness Fair March 27th

Hey Everybody,
It’s getting to be that time again.. The Autism Awareness and Resource Fair. I am starting to put it together.. I have the date set for March 27th, 2010, at Pioneer Park in Santa Maria from 10:00-2:00. We would like the same type of fair as last year except fewer [...]

2009 in Review - For Special Needs Families

Terry Mauro over on About.com - Parenting Special Needs does an excellent job of keeping her finger on the pulse of our world. She has put together three review articles exploring what was important, or at least talked about, last year and I think it’s definitely worth some time to explore.
Here are the links for [...]

Parenting a Special Needs Child - Video Blog

I received an email from Caroline Gaibel of Parenting a Special Needs Child asking me to let you know about her video blog. I poked around it and I think you will find it very interesting.
There is an interesting video with Professor Feuerstein, a cognitive psychologist who has worked with children who have FAS, autism [...]