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***CORRECTION:THE CASE OF Fry V Napoleon Public Schools TOOK PLACE IN 2017, NOT 1986. RATHER, THE CASE OF FRY RULED THAT A 1986 LAW, the Handicapped Children’s Protection Act of 1986, DID NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL EDUCATION PLAINTIFF TO EXHAUST ALL PROCESSES OF APPEALS UNLESS THE PLAINTIFF’S SPECIFIC CASE DEALT WITH A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT’S RIGHT TO A FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 30th, 2023. Later in the program, Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin reports on the possible reform of Bloomington’s boards and commissions by a city council committee. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Disabulletin – where we cover the top stories impacting the …

Tonight’s episode: The Rise and Temporary Fall of Special Education in Washington State. When we left off, we had just finished discussing the 1951 founding of the ARC of the United States as a voice for the rights of individuals with disabilities. We also covered its humble beginnings as the Children’s Benevolent League or CBL in Washington in the year 1935 and …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 16th, 2023. Later in the program, we have Disabulletin – where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world – hosted by Abe Shapiro. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Lil Bub’s Lil Show …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, April 25th, 2023. Later in the program, we have Disabulletin – where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world – hosted by Abe Shapiro. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Lil Bub’s Lil Show …

Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Part IV of Disabulletin’s docuseries Lawyers Schools And Access: The History of Special Education in the United States. Tonight’s installment covers the first parent groups of the United States, who mobilized on behalf of their children in Ohio and Washington respectively. When we left off we were discussing the case of  Golman …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, March 29th, 2023. Later in the program, we have Disabulletin – where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world – hosted by Abe Shapiro. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Better Beware – your weekly consumer …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, March 21st, 2023. Later in the program, The Bloomington Board of Public Works recently turned down an application by the IU Chapter of the conservative group Turning Point USA for an “All Lives Matter” mural on Kirkwood. More in today’s local headlines. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have …

As part of our continuing exploration regarding the history of special education, we have covered the critical special education court cases that preceded last January’s supreme court case regarding special education Perez V Sturgis. Our journey so far has taken to the earliest case 1893’s Watson V Cambridge to 1919’s Beattie V Antigo Board of Education before reaching last week’s …

This weekend, the disability community lost one of its pioneers and heroes, Judy Heumann. This week, we pause our regularly scheduled docuseries Lawyers Schools And Access and remember the woman who contributed to the signing of Section 504 and inspired a nation!