Are Children with Autism Singled Out? – Part Two This is a follow-up to an incident that occurred at my child’s school a week ago.…
A Student with Autism and a Behavior Chart The behavior chart My son is in ninth grade, which means high school. And, he’s had some…
A Student with Autism Transitions to No School Aide Aide-less in high school In high school, our son wanted to ditch the aide. Here’s how…
A Child with Autism Attends the IEP We had our first IEP meeting last week. A high school IEP It wasn’t a “full” IEP meeting…
Autism and the Future of Education in the United States Rant alert Last week, the new government confirmed, by a historic tie-breaking vice presidential vote,…
Middle school ESY for Autistic Students What is ESY? ESY stands for Extended School Year, which you can think of as “summer school.” For our…
An Autistic Child Loses a Teacher Mid-Term Losing a teacher mid-term My child with autism is mainstreamed into a “regular” classroom. Always has been. During…