As Special Needs Parents, We Sometimes Write Before we Think Special Needs Parents aren’t immune from this human failing, after all. We all are a bit guilty of sometimes writing something in anger, writing something without considering how deeply we feel about what we say. When emotions are high, which is often is when talking…
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Finally, some good news about autism
It seems that there’s a new horror story about autism coming out every day. Autistic kids are more likely to be bullied, 1 in about 88 kids are diagnosed with autism, and on and on. So the results of a just-released study that appeared in the journal Pediatrics are likely to raise some hopes. Although…
home schooling, IEPs and rights
We received a letter from our school district. A bit of history. We had a facilitated IEP meeting a few weeks ago. We ended the meeting at an impasse. The school wanted to send our child to a school 50 miles away. We want him in his home district. We asked for an hour a…