PARENT'S RIGHTS NOW!

In Justices Hear Arguments on Autism-Case Dispute, the reporter notes, "While federal law gives people the right to represent themselves in court, there has been a notable exception to that general rule. Most federal courts have barred parents of children with disabilities from appearing without a lawyer in cases filed under the statute that guarantees all children a “free appropriate public education.” But, that may change now in a case recently heard by the Supreme Court.