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Nine-year-old David loves dinosaurs and scooters, trying new foods, and playing outdoors. At school he is especially good at reading, writing, and social studies but […]
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September 4, 2025
Linden Reed began working with kids on the spectrum through ABA early intervention. Reed transitioned to KIPP Lanning Square Primary, where she became the founding […]
August 13, 2025
David Fishkin is a Political Science student at Rutgers University – New Brunswick. He is diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, now Autism Spectrum Disorder. He is a policy […]
August 11, 2025
When my son Jonah was three years old, we had the first of those all-important sessions for students eligible for special education: the annual IEP […]
April 21, 2025
Cole Camardo, eight years old, lives in Cherry Hill and has been out of school for eight months, his only instruction a private tutor his […]
April 14, 2025
Ed. Note: This analysis by John Migueis, a licensed clinical social worker and administrator of NJ21st, examines disparities in serving students with disabilities within New […]
April 11, 2025
Edunomics Lab of Georgetown University just published an analysis of special education spending to “better understand the extent to which rising identification rates and staffing […]
February 21, 2025
As New Jersey school districts finalize their 2025-2026 budgets, one line item looms large: the cost of special education services for students covered by the […]
December 2, 2024
Shahidah Dunbar, a veteran special education teacher at Marion P. Thomas Charter School in Newark, is helping her students “burst the bubble” of autism awareness, […]
September 16, 2024
Six-year-old Nathaniel Brown has autism, at the more severe end of the spectrum. He is non-verbal and, according to his Individualized Education Plan (IEP), requires […]
April 30, 2024
Laura McKenna, PhD, is the CEO and Founder of The Autism College Connection. She writes regularly about politics, education and disability issues for publications, like the Atlantic and HuffPost. She also writes a […]
April 25, 2024
Shawn and Tracey Jeffas are owners of SpeedPro Westwood. As parents of a child with special needs who is on the disability spectrum, our journey […]