The following resources are provided as a convenience:
Special Education & Disability Websites:
comprehensive website with easily accessible information about special education law
comprehensive website to help parents help their children with learning and attention issues
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network:
not-for-profit organization providing information to families about special education law
www.state.nj.us/education/specialed
N.J Department of Education Special Education Programs
Education Law Center: not-for-profit organization providing representation to indigent families and advocating for systemic changes to the way education is delivered in NJ
Disability Organizations
NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome
Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ)
Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey
The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – NJ Chapters
New Jersey Association of the Deaf
NJ Speech-Language-Hearing Association
New Jersey State Resources
Laws Affecting Individuals with Disabilities:
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Federal law ensuring that children with disabilities receive a free appropriate education designed to meet their individual needs in the least restrictive environment.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Federal law that prohibits discrimination based on disability by entities receiving federal funding including public schools. Under this federal law, a student may be eligible for services if his or her disorder limits the ability to attend school or participate in school activities, even if the impairment does not impact the ability to learn.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and
Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act (ADAAA)
Federal civil rights law which guarantees individuals with disabilities equal opportunity in employment, public accommodations, state and local government services, transportation, and telecommunications.
New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD)
New Jersey state law which prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, places of public accommodation, credit and business contracts on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex, familial status, marital status, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for military service, mental or physical disability, perceived disability, or AIDS and HIV status.
New Jersey’s Administrative Code N.J.A.C. 6A
New Jersey regulations that addresses New Jersey schools and the New Jersey Department of Education’s responsibilities regarding special education.