“High Functioning” Autism: A New Battleground?
As an attorney representing children with special education needs in Connecticut, I remember all too well the climate we faced over a decade ago, when the “first wave” of parents of children with...
View ArticleUnseemly IEP Team Member: “The Riddler”
“The Riddler” This can be any member of the staff or administration, who has been withholding pertinent information from the parents of a child with special education needs until the Annual Review IEP...
View ArticleWho Is Watching The Adults?
I was just reading about that Florida teacher who asked her kindergarten class to vote on whether or not to keep a little boy with autism in the class. The reason for the vote, apparently, was that he...
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Questions on Autism, Neurodiversity, and Understanding
You know those studies that demonstrate that eye-witnesses are not terribly reliable reporters? There are several of them, and they usually involve a number of people who are unknowingly “set up” to...
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Connecticut Enacts Important Autism Legislation
Another late night at the Capitol last night, showing support for the passage of HB 5425. Around midnight, just before the legislative session ended, the Senate voted by consent (unanimously) to pass...
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Footprints in the Sand: A Call to Parents of Adults with Disabilities
buy essays for college I while ago, I wrote a tribute to Eunice and Ted Kennedy, and their legendary contributions to special education advocacy. In that piece I commented that part of why parents of...
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"Why Would We Do an Evaluation, She Already Gets Services?"
As a parents’ special education attorney in Connecticut, I hear outrageous statements that parents are told by their school districts on an almost daily basis. But, sometimes, I am told something that...
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“The Behavior Guy”
As a parents’ special education attorney in Connecticut, I hear outrageous statements that parents are told by their school districts on an almost daily basis. But, sometimes, I am told something that...
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Fictitious Thinking: The “New” Definition of Autism
Do you remember the character Cassandra from Greek mythology? Her curse was that she could accurately predict the future, but nobody would believe her when she warned them about it. Today I feel like...
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VIDEO: Asking for an Independent Educational Evaluation
Years in the making, Your Special Education Rights.com is a video-based website we’ve created to help parents understand their rights. Check us out at www.yourspecialeducationrights.com; we’d love it...
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