Special Education

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Special Education for 18–21 Year Old Students:
An Update on Their Right to Attend School

In this publication, The Alabama State Department of Education emphasizes that prematurely awarding the Alabama High School Diploma to students with disabilities who plan to stay in school until age 21 would deny them their right to continued education, advising parents to coordinate with their child's Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team to determine an appropriate school exit date aligned with the child's transition needs and goals for adulthood. Click here to read.

ADAP Publications

ADAP publications can be downloaded, sent in an attached e-mail, or printed to your printer.

Individualized Service Plan (ISP) for children and families receiving services from the Alabama Department of Human Resources.

An overview of the P&A access authority with regard to monitoring and investigations.

A brochure outlining what services ADAP offers.

View the current fiscal year's goals and priorities for ADAP.

Read through the archives of past ADAP newsletter publications.

This brochure explains how Alabama’s Home and Community-Based Medicaid Waivers provide services to support persons with intellectual or significant physical and medical disabilities so they can live at home or in other community-based settings like group homes. Alabama runs seven waiver programs, each with its own eligibility requirements and menu of services.
Home and community-based behavioral health services to supports Medicaid-eligible children with Autism.
Brochure to assist Social Security beneficiaries with return to work issues.
Eligibility criteria for ADAP’s Programs.
Brochure describing the assistance provided to Social Security beneficiaries to help them overcome barriers that are preventing them from working or from pursuing high education opportunities.
One in a series of pamphlets designed to help people living with HIV/AIDS understand the legal rights regarding employment in Alabama.
These guiding principles and recommendations were compiled by parents and disability advocates who are committed to seeing better life outcomes for students with disabilities. 
A flyer with helpful hints on interacting with people with disabilities.
Alabama's high school diploma program changed in big ways in 2013. Unless the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) takes action, your child could lose his legal right to special education services beyond his senior year of high school because of these changes.
Employment First for Alabamians with Disabilities - a book of personal stories, provider stories, Q & A, benefits planning, recommendations and resources for people with disabilities.
A pamphlet proving information about guardianships in Alabama. 
A legal guide for people living with HIV/AIDS. This guide is intended as an overview of HIV-related Alabama and federal law.
A "How-To" Guide
One in a series of pamphlets designed to help people living with HIV/AIDS understand the legal rights regarding privacy issues.
A flyer for people living with HIV/AIDS.
As a parent of a child with a disability, this publication will make you aware of the state's new rules, your own school district's policies and procedures, you and your child's rights under these rules, and advocacy steps you can take to work proactively with your child's school to ensure his/her behavioral needs are met and that he/she is safe.
A flyer with suggestions for the use of respectful/people first language.
One in a series of pamphlets designed to help people living with HIV/AIDS understand the legal rights of working while receiving SSI.
One in a series of pamphlets designed to help people living with HIV/AIDS understand the legal rights of working while receiving SSDI.
A booklet outlining problem solving and communication skills to help you advocate for yourself.
Would school mental health and behavioral services help your child?  This brochure highlights the basic supports your child may be entitled to.
A report released by ADAP seeking to restrict the use of seclusion and restraint practices in Alabama schools.
The complete download. This manual provides information about special education law. However, legal information is not the same as legal advice - the application of law to an individual child’s specific circumstances. ADAP recommends you consult a lawyer to ensure this information, and your interpretation of it, is appropriate to your particular situation
Employment supports for youth who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
A brochure highlighting ADAP's advocacy work on behalf of persons with TBI.
A voting rights booklet for people with disabilities.
A flyer explaining the basics of the COVID-19 virus.