Can you love your teachers and school? I mean – really – can you? At 46, I’ve been around the disability block a few times, so I am serious when I ask you this. Can you emit a sense of love with your child’s school? If you would have asked me this ten years ago, [...]
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Apr 8th
Case conferences and the IEP’s future.
Did you guess right? For many of my readers, you have been following me along my travails with my daughter’s case conference. Here it is in a nutshell. I walked out of the meeting with an IEP. Really – I was left with no choice but to have an IEP. And I don’t like it. [...]
Apr 6th
When will we move beyond IEP’s?
Today is my daughter’s annual case conference. So with utter sarcasm I say to you… I am so excited. Actually, this year will be a little different. I did the unthinkable last month and discussed getting rid of my daughter’s IEP with her principal. She is in middle school this year and has Down [...]
Apr 4th
Kites, Umbrellas and Disabilities
Are you still hoping for the safety of an umbrella when the environment is screaming for kites? This past week, I was blessed to escape with my family to some warmer weather in southwestern Florida. We had rented an umbrella from a local shop to protect our still very white winter skin from the sun. [...]