IDEA Survey - please participate and share widely!!

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We need at least 700 people to participate in this unique survey of IDEA

experiences of families, self-advocates, professionals, etc. Please take

this survey (sponsored by several excellent disability advocacy groups) and

please share widely - via email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. - thanks!

Take Survey of IDEA Advocacy Experiences, sponsored by National

Organizations

Please take part in the IDEA National Survey, a survey of whether the

rights of students with disabilities and their parents are protected. The

survey is sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD),

National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS), Autism Society of America (ASA),

Autism National Committee (AutCom), and The Advocacy Institute (AI). Go to

_http://www.ideasurvey.org_ (http://www.ideasurvey.org/)

The survey topics include whether the rights of students with disabilities

and their parents protected throughout the special education process,

including IEP meetings and IEP issues, eligibility (child find), Due Process

hearings (impartial hearings), and other education issues. There is also a

questionnaire for parents whose children have been denied eligibility for

IDEA (denied an IEP).

All disabilities are welcome! We are studying these issues for all

students, regardless of their disability or special need. There are surveys

for

all community members:

-- Parents of children with disabilities

-- Self-advocates (people with disabilities)

-- Attorneys, advocates, and other professionals

The survey will run March-May 2011. The results will be compiled into a

report about experiences under the IDEA that will be published this summer.

You can take the survey and read more about it at

_http://www.ideasurvey.org_ (http://www.ideasurvey.org/)

PLEASE SHARE THIS NOTICE BROADLY AND PLEASE FORWARD.

Thank you,

Coordinator, IDEA National Survey Project

email: _jessica@..._ (mailto:jessica@...)

website: _www.ideasurvey.org_ (http://www.ideasurvey.org/)

Sandy, Illinois (alpy2@...)

Our Children Left Behind (http://www.ourchildrenleftbehind.com)