This week, the battle between parents of an autistic child and an Ohio school district goes before the Supreme Court, where the justices will decide whether nonlawyer parents can represent their kids in disputes under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in federal court. Circuits have split on the issue, which has been hard-fought around the country by desperate parents who say there are not enough lawyers able or willing to take on their costly and complex disputes with local school districts.
February 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
For Sandee and Jeff Winkelman, the money to pay lawyers ran out in 2004. But they still had their son Jacob to fight for, so they kept going on their own.
Jacob is their son, now 9 years old, who has autism. At one point for Jacob, says Sandee, “laying on the floor and screaming — that was his day at school.”
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