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Florida teacher Wendy Portillo—who allowed her kindergarten class to vote on whether or not their classmate Alex Barton could remain in class—-has been suspended without pay for a year, according to the Naples News.
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Parents in Norwalk (CT) have raised concerns that an autism consultant hired by the school district was not certified as a behavior analyst as she claimed, the November 4th Stamford Advocate reports. Stacy Lore, owner of Carmel, N.Y.-based Spectrum Kids, also allegedly “charged the district for several therapy sessions with their children that never took […]
In Collier County, Florida, parents have accused the school district of having a “carefully orchestrated strategy to keep special needs students out of the district.” Yesterday’s WINK news reports that the Federal Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has sent a letter to the Collier School District recommending changes as to how the district […]
A $3 million civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the Knox County School District concerned the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl with Asperger’s Syndrome by an alleged sex offender who, according to today’s Knox County News, had been deemed “too dangerous” by his court-appointed guardian to be unsupervised. The 18-year-old boy “was being […]
Autism gets mentioned for the first time in a presidential debate on October 15th; here’s more news:
After Many Years, A Diagnosis
Deborah Lipsky was in her 40s when she found out that has autism.
There Goes Another Autism Myth
While out riding his bike, Charlie hears another child crying and…….
Denis Leary Does a Michael Savage
I […]
Shortly after 9/11, Gary McKinnon—a “UFO-obsessed computer hacker”—allegedly hacked his way into 97 computers belonging to NASA, the Department of Defense and several branches of the US military. The European Court of Human Rights has cleared the way for McKinnon, who is British, to be extradited to the US where he would face eight charges […]
It’s been reported that the use of restraints has increased in public schools. The October 24th New Britain Herald describes symptoms of something like post-tramatic stress in two autistic students who were allegedly abused by a special education teacher:
Arelis Kinard, a parent of the one of the students involved, said her 7-year-old son is nonverbal […]
Over at the On Special Education blog at EdWeek, Christina Samuels describes a seeming “perfect storm’ of education issues” that the District of Columbia school system faces:
……not enough programs for students with disabilities, some demoralized staff, and a class-action lawsuit on behalf of underserved students looming over everything. The district spends millions of dollars a […]
Police were called on Friday morning when a 16-year-old autistic student did not want to leave a school bathroom, the Orlando Sentinel Reports:
The teen was washing his hands when he suddenly swung around, punched the officer in the face and then struck his hand, authorities said. The cop tased the student, who police said […]
On October 1st, special education teacher Lalla Schmidt called police after a 14-year-old student hit her lightly on the arm. Police wrote the child a “ticket for assault by contact.” Shane Gregory is autistic and admitted to doing so according to his mother, Holli Gregory:
The teacher’s refusal to follow a plan for Shane Gregory’s education […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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