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#FreeHannahG from the clutches of Munson Hospital!

September 28, 2015 By marcie

I am sharing this story from my dear friends, Calvin and Tricia Luker. They are fighting as they always do, with every ounce of strength, fortitude and courage of conviction.  They are fighting to free Hannah G a 20 year old with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and other medical needs from the dangerous clutches of […]

Filed Under: Autism, Family, General, Politics

Put America on Trial for the Crime of Poverty & Homelessness

May 31, 2015 By marcie

I am in Boston with my son and the light of my life, Andrew. We were sitting in the lobby of our hotel and chatting with a woman who works in the hotel shop that sells newspapers, toiletries, souvenirs, etc. We have developed so many special relationships with employees in this hotel after 16 years […]

Filed Under: bipolar disorder, Education, Family, General, Homelessness, Mental Illness, Politics, Poverty, Special Education

John Adams we need you!

April 9, 2015 By marcie

  Folks, I will undoubtably take heat for what I am going to say, but that has not stopped me before, nor will it curb me in the future when something I care about is at stake or under attack. We can respectfully agree to disagree about politics but we cannot ignore them because they […]

Filed Under: ADHD, Aspergers, Education, Family, General, Politics, Special Education

Senators Alexander and Murray Get it Wrong for America’s School-Age Children

April 8, 2015 By marcie

  Today, Senator Lamar Alexander, Chair of the Senate HELP Committee and Senator Patty Murray, ranking Democrat, reached agreement on a reauthorization of the Elementary Secondary Education Act. They have titled their legislation, the “Every Child Achieves Act of 2015,”….I am gagging already. They think this is an improvement over the last reauthorization known as […]

Filed Under: ADHD, Articles, Aspergers, Autism, Education, Family, General, learning disabilities, Mood Disorders, News, Politics, Poverty, Psychology and Psychiatry, Special Education

Some Michigan Special Education History: A Lesson for All States

January 17, 2015 By marcie

Michigan once had a proud heritage of believing in the educational rights of our students with disabilities. But what has transpired over the past 39 years is not worthy of our history books or a wondrous fairy tale of children’s dreams come true. For Michigan’s 200,000 students with Individualized Education Programs (IEP), it has been […]

Filed Under: ADHD, Aspergers, Autism, Education, Family, General, learning disabilities, Mood Disorders, News, Politics, Psychology and Psychiatry, Quotes, Special Education

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See some of our coverage from the Kids with IEPs, 504s & Nothing, Count Day Rally this past Oct 7, 2020 on WILX TV. >> WATCH HERE

 

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