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No Child Left Behind, Fact or Fallacy

Can education for the autistic be improved? I am trying to spread autism awareness, lend a voice to topics that are interesting to people who are either autistic or have friends or family that are. I have 3 kids on t…
Integration Mustn't Be a Boilerplate Approach

Educational and recreational segregation used to be the model for children with special needs. Then, integration came into vogue. Now we’re got segregationists debating integrationists, and truly, we’re all…
Back to School

So far, I think I have been blessed in the schools that my son has attended. I have consistently found understanding faculty who are at least halfway knowledgeable on Asperger's and autism. I'm sure there will be point…
Autism safety not “in the bag”

To those who celebrated, I hope your Christmas and New Years was a blessed one. I also wish the same for a nine-year-old autistic boy at the center of a Louisville, Kent. school controversy when word got out that staf…
Homeschooling with Autism: Making Dad Principal

I don't know about anyone else that homeschools but we have recently taken the drastic move of accountability here in The Rogers Academy. If you read my blog at all then you have heard me lamenting how our work just…
"Mom, Will I Outgrow Autism?"

“Mom, will I outgrow autism?” “Son, I don’t know. Some doctors say autism lasts a lifetime; others say some kids do outgrow it. I hope both are correct. I hope you learn how to handle the thing…
Quack Spotting in 3 Easy Steps

Over the past seven years, we've seen 7 different psychiatrists, 9 therapists/psychologists, 4 OTs, 3 tutors and a couple of speech paths. We've employed educational consultants, a nutritionist and an RDI therapist.…
Asperger Syndrome and Depression

I'm finding it hard to think of a way to introduce this, because it's such an important topic to get right. How is Asperger Syndrome (or any other autistic spectrum disorder for that matter) possibly going to lead to…
Learning Style is Important

When ascertaining what may be the best ways to help your child with autism to learn various educational, social, behavioral and emotional (etc.) skills; gaining accurate knowledge of what may be your child’s learn…
No placement

Ava will be three on January 30. And, as of now, we have no placement for her. For those of you not familiar with special needs issues, when a child turns 3, he/she is entitled to a FREE, APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATIO…