by Liz Talton Advocacy is more important than ever for a child with a developmental disability. A developmental disability makes it challenging for a child to represent or argue for their care and education. Most of the time you don’t need a professional advocate for your child. Your love as a parent alone is enough…
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When your Special Needs Autistic Child is not Progressing….Now What?
The Progress Report We both received our son’s progress report in an email and an envelope sent home with our autistic son’s backpack. What we saw immediately was that something was not quite right with what the school district measured as student success and how our son was being assessed in the educational academic categories…
Autism and the School System
Autism and the School System Many children with Autism go to public school and do just fine with some special modifications, but there are other special need categories that need much more support. People have to understand that when they have met an autistic child that they all vary and are on a spectrum. One…
