IEP
We Need a Cooperative Approach to Improve Education for Students With Disabilities
Ten years ago last month, a team of advocacy organizations filed the New Orleans special education lawsuit (P.B. v. White) in federal court. The class-action…
I Thought Vouchers Were Wrong, But Now I Realize They Helped My Son
Recently I wrote that a residency hearing with two children, Kayla and Tasha, represented to me our deeply-embedded structural inequities in education that decades of initiatives,…
How I’m Helping My Child With Special Needs Navigate Remote Learning
My children always start school two weeks before everyone else. So after two weeks of e-learning—or what I am calling two-weeks “in the trenches”—I feel…
Our Students Have Strong Emotions Right Now, And That’s Not a Disability
When a local newspaper featured a picture of one of our students at a peaceful protest against police brutality, the staff at the small special…
My Son Cracked the Code in an Atypical Way With a Focus on Phonics
When my three older children learned to read, it seemed to us as natural a process as learning to talk. We read to them every…
Here’s What I Suggest Schools Do Now to Support Students Through This Pandemic
This Coronavirus pandemic is truly a life-changing event. It is hard to even compare what we are experiencing to any other time period in American…
Gavin’s Story Shines a Light on the Inequities Special Needs Students Face With Remote Learning
Ten-year-old Gavin Williams is a lively and affectionate youngster who loves to visit museums, experiment with computer-coding and plunge into ocean waves with his boogie-board. …
Here’s How the COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Will Affect Education
Late this morning the U.S. Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act. The total tab is $2 trillion…
Districts Are Using Students With Disabilities as an Excuse to Do Nothing
My husband and I have four children. Our three oldest are what we in the special needs community call “neuro-typical” and our youngest has multiple…
My 7-Year-Old Helped Frame Her IEP Goals
Having a child with a disability, and becoming disabled myself, has put me through a boot-camp that prepared me for the war for quality services…
