My thoughts on special education
The Michigan Department of Education is withholding $5 million dollars of federal money from the Detroit Public Schools after finding them in substantive violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, our federal law that mandates a āfree appropriate public educationā for students with disabilities.Ā Ā This is outrageous when the very same Department gave ALL […]
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Can you answer the following question?Ā What are 6 data points at or below the 9th percentile on a Curriculum Based Measurement (āCBMā)?Ā Donāt know the answer?Ā Count yourself among the tens-of-thousands of Michigan parents with a child at risk or already identified with a specific learning disability (āSLDā); along with our Stateās woefully ill-prepared
I don’t mean to sound like the Grinch who stole World Autism Awareness Day, or even the green-eyed monster, but I have some real issues with this “day” and America’s views on autistic spectrum disorders. I will start by saying that I am the mother of 20 year-old with early onset bipolar disorder and Asperger
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I have already blogged on President Obama’s gaffe on Late Night with Jay Leno regarding the Special Olympics. Still, the topic and the individual at the center of this teachable moment deserve more scrutiny, conversations and blogging. Far too many of our citizenry and that includes the disability community have given President Obama a “get
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Letter to the editor – Parents are supposed to send their children to school with the basic belief they will return home, safe, sound and without physical or emotional signs of abuse.Ā This is not the case in the Wayne Intermediate School District (WISD) and for far too many Michigan students with disabilities (and without)
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