January 2009

The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), known to parents of children across America as their states’ Protection and Advocacy agencies, has issued a formal call to action with their January 2009 report, “School is Not Supposed to Hurt: Investigative Report on Abusive Restraint and Seclusion in Schools.”  Parents are supposed to send their children to …

Seclusion and Restraint: America’s Children with Disabilities in Crisis Read More »

In the 1976 film, Network, a nightly news anchor played by actor Peter Finch, says, “”I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” And while I have no desire to meet the same fate as Mr. Finch’s character and be shot to death for my passionate stance on America’s abysmal …

It is time to hold the national media accountable to students with disabilities! Read More »

What is the difference between a pit bull and a parent advocate/education activist?  Well, with no intended slight to former Republican vice presidential nominee, Governor Sarah Palin or her comparison of pit bulls to hockey moms…the answer is still, lipstick. I’ll admit, I had not thought a lot about Governor Palin’s statement other than to …

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Have you ever felt like or actually found yourself grinding your teeth during an IEPT (individual education planning team) meeting?  Or maybe in your sleep and during the nightmares that are more like autopsies of bad meetings and terrible results?  IEPs (individual education plan) crafted and signed to deliver anything but the federally required “free …

Don’t Forget Your Power Drill in Your Special Education Tool Kit! Read More »