On August 17, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its decision in Krawietz by Parker v. Galveston Indep. Sch. Dist., No. 17-40461, 2018 WL 3965619 (5th Cir. Aug. 17, 2018). The Cuddy... read more

A 6-year-old girl was undergoing chemotherapy and couldn’t attend school because the treatment weakened her immune system. Then the school district refused to provide instruction at her home. Cuddy Law Firm took her case to... read more

The mother of a child with autism was a native Spanish speaker and didn’t understand what was happening in school with her child. The child, meanwhile, wasn’t receiving the proper services. Cuddy Law Firm intervened,... read more

In a case involving an incredible breakdown of organization within a school, the school failed to place a girl with disabilities in the kind of small class her individualized education program (IEP) called for. She... read more

A school district terminated a teacher’s job, leaving a boy with autism without someone to lead his classroom. The child had suffered repeated injuries while in the school’s care, so when he didn’t even have... read more

A school district failed to provide a child with autism the appropriate speech therapy, specialized reading instruction, counseling and occupational therapy that the child needed. It also failed to provide the parents with the proper... read more

After a student moved to a non-public school, the school district denied the child an individualized education program (IEP). Jason Sterne from Cuddy Law Firm represented the parent. Jason and the parent succeeded. The officer... read more

A school failed to provide a child with autism the proper speech therapy services. He suffered from apraxia, a neurological condition hindering his physical ability to move his mouth and tongue in order to form... read more

A New York City child with autism wasn’t receiving the appropriate services. The parents, with help from Cuddy Law Firm, stepped in to make a change. The result was comprehensive. A hearing officer ordered the... read more

When a district refused to reimburse a parent for an independent evaluation of a child, Cuddy Law Firm stepped in and secured $2,975 for the neuropsychological evaluation. read more