Louis H. Geigerman has been a professonal advocate since 1995 when he founded National ARD/IEP Advocates. Louis has logged over 1250 hours in IEP and Section 504 meetings and over 400 hours in mediations and resolution sessions. He is a charter member of COPAA. In 1995, he underwent training conducted by the Texas Association of Section 504 Coordinators and Hearing officers and received certification as a Section 504 hearing officer. He has spoken to a variety of groups regarding special education services including The ARC of Houston, The Texas State Autism Conference, COPAA, The Learning Disability Association of Fort Bend County, ASPIE of Houston, Future Horizons, The Houston Young Lawyers Association and The Northwest Houston Chapter of the Autism Society of America. In the summer of 2007, he was featured in a chapter on advocacy in the book by Scott Teal, "Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently: Lessons from Edison's Mother" by Praeger Publishing. In 2014 he co-founded a lecture series entitled the Benjamin J. Geigerman Lecture Series through the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston in memory of his deceased son to address the vocational needs of high functioning individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In 2015, he assisted in the successful effort in passing legislation in the Texas Legislature to mandate the installation of surveillance cameras in self-contained, special needs classrooms. In July 2015, he began hosting a weekly radio show entitled "The Special Ed/Section 504 Radio Hour". Mr. Geigerman is also frequently been requested to testify as an expert witness in federal cases regarding harassment of students protected by Section 504, Title IX, and Title VI in the public schools. He is the proud parent of Benjamin that passed away in July 2011 and Kayla who is currently employed by a major software company.