Teacher fights for right to see former special needs student.

Jonathan Martinis, senior director for law and policy in the Burton Blatt Institute, was interviewed by KCTV-5 (Kansas City) for the story “Teacher fights for right to see former special needs student.” Martinis, who has over 20 years of experience legally representing and advocating for people with disabilities, commented on how court appointed guardianships for those with disabilities can sometimes pose challenges with visitation rights. “If a guardian takes away someone’s friend on a whim, or because they just don’t like that person. The Guardian becomes a dictator, then the guardianship becomes about the Guardian, and that’s the exact opposite of what’s supposed to happen,” Martinis says.