Elize Manoukian – School Stories

Access Delayed, Access Denied

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 - by Elize Manoukian

After years of non-compliance with federal laws protecting the rights of students with disabilities, the city has set its sights higher with school physical accessibility targets for 2024. But the pandemic has disrupted its plans, and our age of remote learning has raised different challenges to accessibility.

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“He Needs School”: Students with disabilities cut off from services and support in quarantine

May 16, 2020July 28, 2020 - by Elize Manoukian

Many mandated services to the city’s 200,000 children with disabilities of these services cannot be provided online. Parents worry their special needs children are not receiving the free and appropriate education required by law.