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Never Doubt that Retaliation Is Real
I opened my email yesterday to find this link to a story in the Georgia news. A mother of an autistic boy near Macon, Georgia had been arrested for violating truancy laws. There weren’t very many...
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
This was truly the theme song for my day. A bit of bad; a bit of good; and a heaping dose of ugly. First, the bad… My beloved cell phone (palm pilot) is apparently so old that they no longer make...
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What’s New in Georgia?
From time to time I report what’s happening in our neck of the woods where special education issues are concerned. Well, today, the Georgia Department of Education released its list of private schools...
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Surely She Must Be Exaggerating
I remember back about 18 months ago, when we were thrown into deciding whether or not to file for a due process hearing against LuLu’s school system. My first emotion was just being overwhelmed. I was...
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The View from Down South
Whoopi Goldberg’s defense of Michael Vick’s illegal dogfighting “This is part of his cultural upbringing…” leaves me nearly speechless. I often wonder what the rest of the world thinks goes on here...
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ARGH!!!!
Just when I thought I’d heard all the horrendous and hideous stories about the abuses that can be inflicted upon children, this story broke in Atlanta on Friday: Henry school official charged with...
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More Ugh!
It happened again, this time on school busses in Broward County, Florida. Two separate incidents of abuse toward a child passenger. In one, the driver of a special bus actual hit an autistic child and...
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Different Day; Different Autism Story
Just as quickly as I finished the tragic story of a mother overwhelmed by her daughter’s special needs who did the horrific…killed her, I read this story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. I love...
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8-Year-Old with Autism Arrested From School District With Double Standard
The story out of Tifton Georgia (in the Southern part of this state) is shocking to parents of children with disabilities, especially those with children who have autism. An 8-year-old boy was...
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When Essentially Benign Comments…Aren’t
Today held two noteworthy events: 1. We went to court to start the process of legally adopting our youngest daughter, Bella. 2. I was taken aback for the first time by something that was said about...
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