Advocacy Services

I am an attorney with almost 20 years of civil litigation experience, the last 10 years of which was representing victims of discrimination. I have IDEA experience at all levels: IEP meetings, mediations, due process hearings, ALJ appeals and district court appeals. I am also a parent of a special needs child. I concentrate my practice on autism and other communication disordered children.

Legal Services

Assembly Bill 88

Our law firm has been aggressively and successfully representing people with injuries and disabilities for over twenty years.

Area Board XI is a state agency mandated to protect
and advocate for the civil, legal, and service rights of people with developmental disabilities.

Autism Collaborative Therapies, a certified non-public agency (NPA), and East Bay Behavior Services offer therapeutic programs for children with autism and other behavioral/developmental disabilities.

Specializing in Special Education Law.

Legal Services

B.I.D.S. provides intervention services which affords the opportunity to target specific behaviors in functional skill development, community integration, and social play skills, in real world environments which reflects the community in which the child i

Special Education Attorney:
Bonnie Yates is an attorney with over 25 years of experience. In 1994, when her second child was diagnosed with autism, Ms. Yates focused her legal practice exclusively on special education to help her son obtain the educational services he needed. Ms. Yates and her team of lawyers, education consultants and legal analysts have helped hundreds of children obtain vital educational services.

Legal Services

We are working together to improve the quality of life for our beautiful children by obtaining the best possible resources available through various local and/or specialized organizations. Our goal is to significantly increase awareness and gather local support in order to fully utilize any and all resources specific for each unique special needs child! We hope to create a community of loving parents in an effort to unite these families who are all struggling toward this common goal. The development of this website is a testament to our commitment to provide information, education, understanding, and legal empowerment for parents of all special needs children in Ripon as well as surrounding Central Valley communities.

Education Attorneys
We offer low and no cost assistance based on need. Free Consultation.