By Karen Kaplan What did you learn during Autism Awareness Month? I hope it was more than the reported increase in the number of children...

By Meshell Baylor, MHS Every exit is an entry to somewhere else. - Tom Stoppard The time has come for the very last Individualized...

By Karen Kaplan, MS I hear the following statements so often: "I need an attorney." "I need an advocate." "I need help with an IEP...

By Catherine Whitcher, MEd Special education is never going to look the same again, and that’s not a bad thing. After the nationwide...

By Carol Tatom, BA.HSE, CHW Capacity building for autism advocates and professionals working in the field is essential to meet the...

By Karen Kaplan, MS Monday, March 27th through Sunday, April 2nd is autism acceptance, awareness, and for me, Awesomeness week. Most...

By Karen Kaplan, MS A preschool teacher posted that, on occasion, a student would bring another classmate's jacket home. The post...

By Karen Kaplan, MS “When you meet one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism,” once said Dr. Stephen Shore, author,...

By Karen Kaplan, MS There is a huge need for more faculty and staff in our public and private schools for those who learn differently and...

By Dr. Ronald I. Malcolm, Ed.D. Many parents may have seen other individuals, including children within their community, with various...

By Karen Kaplan, MS As Autism Awareness Month approaches, I reflect on what autism has taught me through the 40 years I have engaged in...

By Amy KD Tobik The Autism Society of America, the nation’s oldest leading grassroots autism organization, is conducting a collaborative...

By Karen Darby One of the toughest questions we ask as parents is what will happen to my child when I’m no longer able to care for them?...

By Dr. Ronald I. Malcolm, EdD Many parents of children with different abilities can become overwhelmed when trying to meet their daily...

By Meshell Baylor, MHS If you judge people, you have no time to love them." —Mother Teresa The definition of the word "family" is a group...

By Karen Kaplan There doesn’t appear to be enough trained special education teachers these days. Paraprofessional support is also...

By Karen Kaplan The term ‘hump day’ arrived in the early 1950s and was used mainly in the workplace. It was a phrase that instilled a...

By Karen Kaplan This morning I decided to write down everything my brother means to me and wondered how brothers and sisters on the...

By Karen Kaplan I wonder how different your New Year's resolutions are from a parent of a typical kiddo. I think they are somewhat the...

By Emily Ansell Elfer, BA Hons, Dip. Sophie watched her son Thomas playing with his train set. Round and round the trains whizzed around...