Schools and Jobs and Finding Them………
As I note regularly here, finding the right school and teachers for Charlie, and making sure the education he’s receiving is appropriate, challenging, tailored to his needs, are our constant concern. ABC News visits the Community School in Decatur, Georgia; the school was the subject of a recent article in the New York Times magazine. The school doesn’t seem quite suited to what Charlie might need, but the focus on educating older—adolescent, teenaged—autistic students really interests me. Sometimes it seems the last time that most of us felt sort of confident that we had an idea about the right sort of educational setting and programming for Charlie was when he was preschool age—–elementary and now middle school remain territory for which there’s only a very rough map.
Learning about a career event in New Jersey that was attended by autistic students and other disabled students turns my mind to even more concerns. The event was held at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. in East Hanover in honor of national Disability Mentoring Day. There were 17 other national sponsors present and 50 New Jersey companies at the event, which was overseen by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and, within New Jersey, by Allies, Inc., which advocates for people with disabilities and their families.
Yeah, more to think about—-more new terrain to step into, after I take a really deep breath.
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2 opinions for Schools and Jobs and Finding Them………
Justthisguy
Nov 13, 2008 at 12:45 am
Dang, Decatur, Georgia is my home town. I was born at Emory University Hospital, a distinction denied to later arrivals on the planet after Emory quit doing that icky maternity stuff. Mom had to stay a while for mastoid surgery.
This was early fifties, the Docs didn’t trust those newfangled antibiotics.
I could blame my asymmetrical myopia on behind-the-times physicians, as I had scarlet fever as a kid.
Oh, the measles vaccine? I got my measles immunity the old-fashioned way, by catching the measles.
I really don’t think that I am either more or less autistic because of that
laa and family
Nov 13, 2008 at 2:16 am
I’ve never heard of DMD, I look forward to finding out more. I just started serving as Vice Chairman on our county’s special education advisory committee, and the transition from high school to beyond is a big issue currently around here. I hope that companies will be able to continue to provide this kind of service, with the economy not doing so well right now. It’s affecting government-funded transition services already. Thanks for introducing me to something new, once again!
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