…put in place an IEP that will fulfill Zakh’s right for a Free and Appropriate Public Education in the Least Restrictive Environment -Improve training for school personnel to prevent future…
…beyond the world of disability. She left another legacy though. A strange son, who she came to be dependent upon to do all those physical tasks for her. A son…
…Yet the very presence of Autistic people being against an autism walk angered people. One man, a tall and intimidating guy with a football coach bark, came over and attempted…
…autism’ highly problematic, as well as the overall emphasis on behavioural interventions, excluding more recent, promising approaches. We disagree with the recommendation to focus clinical research on randomised controlled trials…
…The next committee to vote on the draft bill will be the full House Appropriations Committee. They will vote on the bill on July 10th. So, the next step is…
…built racist, stay racist. While laws change, structural racism still exists in new and old ways. But when racism is hidden, it’s hard to prove it’s happening. That’s why it’s…
…Disability SURJ Doylestown Presbyterian Church Ensuring Opportunity Campaign Epilepsy Foundation Family Based Services Association of NJ Family Network on Disabilities Family Voices Family Voices NJ Family Voices of North Dakota…
…how they communicate. Mel’s writing and short film “In My Language,” was a vital part of the growing self-advocacy movement. Mel wrote that hir blog’s title, Ballastexistenz, came from “a…
…was passed in 1990. The law says that students with disabilities have the right to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). A “free and appropriate public education” means that:…
…kills their disabled child. The media portrays these murders as justifiable and inevitable due to the “burden” of having a disabled person in the family. If the parent stands trial,…
