Working in partnership with health providers at La Rabida Hospital, HDA learned how a host of severe medical problems at an early age kept Malik Brooks, now 11 years old, out of conventional schools in Chicago. Parents are often stymied by the byzantine requirements within the system for obtaining special help for their children. Health & Disability Advocates (hdadvocates.org) attorney Sarah O'Connor recently won a protracted legal battle in Malik's favor, and he is now enrolled at nationally known Acacia Academy in La Grange Highlands, which offers a personalized curriculum designed to meet his individual needs.
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