Ryan Haenze is a legal advocate with the MN Disability Law Center (MDLC). Ryan works on the Youth Services team addressing issues related to special education including Individual Education Plan (IEP) and 504 plan implementation and disputes, student discipline, placement settings, restraint and seclusion, special education transportation, educational disability discrimination and student bullying based on disability factors. Previously, Ryan was a special educator in the Minneapolis and St. Paul Public School Districts. Ryan brings a unique perspective as an autistic adult who went through the special education system, a former special educator, and now as a legal advocate.