After a lifetime of feeling like a blue crayon in a red box, I was finally diagnosed with autism and ADHD at 28. For most of my life, I’d tried to squish myself into neurotypical spaces, explaining away my quirks, masking where I could, and turning up charm or humor where I couldn’t. I wasn’t […]
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMamiami/NSF) — As the Florida House speaker decries a “fatherhood crisis” in the state, the House on Wednesday passed a wide-ranging measure that seeks to bolster fathers’ parenting skills. The House unanimously passed the measure (HB 7065), which deals largely with the Department of Children and Families and proposes changes that would prioritize resources […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate on Monday joined the House in voting to waive a constitutional cap on K-12 school spending that threatened to shut down public campuses across the state. Monday’s 23-6 Senate vote gave the measure the needed 2/3 majority in both chambers and goes into effect immediately. The vote came after […]
Autism, the man-made epidemic. When Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill wrote their book and started this site 14 years ago, autism was front page headlines. Since then we have endured exhaustion, ridicule, gaslighting, epidemic denial, unicorn diagnosis (gift!) And marginalization. I know this is not a happy start, especially during a week of vacation, but […]
“We are at crisis point….” “We are at rock bottom…” By Anne Dachel Here’s a recap of stories posted over the past week or so on my site, Loss of Brain Trust. https://www.lossofbraintrust.com/ Again my main focus is on what’s happening in Britain . Two stories in the UK Times and one in the Irish […]
Ed Talk is a bi-weekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely those of the author. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is federal law that requires eligible children with disabilities to be provided with free adequate public education (FAPE) and special education and related services for those children. Despite these requirements and assurances, […]
The government’s education chiefs spoke tonight about a dire report to the city’s special services and said they are taking the situation “very seriously.” Ofsted Health and Education Authorities and the Care Quality Commission have determined that the Birmingham SEND services for children and youth continue to have “significant weaknesses” three years after urgent action […]
Funding for Swindon’s schools is in crisis, says education expert and chair of Swindons Schools Forum Jackie Smith. Ms. Smith, the chief executive officer of the Brunel Special Educational Needs Multi-Academy Trust, which operates schools for children with special needs across Swindon, spoke while presenting a report on a plan to rebalance the county school’s […]
The youngest patient in Jackie’s care, who recently attempted suicide, was 8 years old. She survived, but another child, also under the age of 13, was not so lucky and became an organ donor. Jackie said most of the kids who come to us after attempting suicide are girls who have overdosed on pain relievers […]
