Back to School IEP Advice
As we enter August, many of our readers are bracing for IEP season, as well as the challenges of sending our children back to school. Throughout this month, MSNN will … Continue reading
Food Allergies and 504 Planning
A 504 plan lays out the management of accommodations or modifications for a child in elementary or a secondary school so that they can participate safely and equally along side their … Continue reading
Why Tolerance Isn’t Tolerable
I think that just about anyone who works in a nonprofit supporting a disenfranchised population has gone through a crash course of unacceptable words that must be removed from your … Continue reading
Standing for What Matters
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent on the things that matter. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Today, on our country’s celebration of the life of slain … Continue reading
This Is Why We Do It
Since the horrible tragedy last week of the attempted murder of Issy Stapleton, autism families and bloggers everywhere have been trying to make sense of an incomprehensible act. Articles and … Continue reading
Advocating For You: A Letter to United HealthCare
Last week, we asked our members stationed in the TRICARE West region about their experience with the recent insurance transition from TRIWEST to United Healthcare Military and Veterans. We have … Continue reading
Different, Not Less: The Great Divide
Tomorrow is World Autism Awareness Day, and I’ve been staring at this blank page for a couple hours now. What do I write? I’m not sure if I should light … Continue reading
Of Chopping Blocks and Failures: A Plea for Our Most At Need
Some of you may know that we adopted our two sons out of foster care. We were emergency placements for the boys; getting them out of their then-current placement was imperative. … Continue reading
What’s in a Word?
“That’s so retarded!” “What a retard.” “What are you? Retarded?” You’ve heard it all before. Heck, you may have even said it all before. But chances are, if you are … Continue reading
I’d Like a Guidebook, Please!
Do you remember a moment in your life where you know the information being told to you isn’t believable? The person giving you the information is convincing, but something isn’t sitting right in your … Continue reading
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