• Even though it may be hard work for you to support your student with autism by providing accommodations, please remember that your student is likely working at least as hard, if not harder than you, when it comes to accommodations. Judy Endow on Ollibean. Image of birds flying .

The Changing Implementation of Accommodations

The Changing Implementation of Accommodations Accommodations are something provided by law to people with disabilities. It is easy for people to understand physical accommodations such as wheelchairs and curb cuts. It is much more difficult for people to understand accommodations when it involves sensory and processing differences such as those common to autistic people. Because an autism diagnosis is one of a spectrum diagnosis there are a variety of ways autistic people experience their particular autism. In fact, even though there may be similarities, just as no two neuro majority people experience the world in exactly the same way,

IDEA Money Watch Responds to Something’s Got to Change

In June 2011, the American Enterprise Institute (AIE) released “Something Has Got to Change: Rethinking Special Education,” a paper that examines special education spending and seeks to offer  practical solutions to “tame out-of-control special education spending while serving special-needs students better.” IDEA Money Watch responds to the points AIE brings up. AEI also provided a teleconference during which the paper’s author, Nathan Levenson, presented a brief overview and responded to questions. Full Article at IDEA Money Watch

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