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...

By Margo Marie McManus Meet Jake Buchnat, a proud Verizon Connect employee who believes being open about his autism diagnosis in his...

By Karen Kaplan I recently returned to an area I had been away from for more than 20 years and decided to re-learn my way around by...

Exceptional Advice on Preparing for Life After High School By Meshell Baylor, MHS "The transition into adulthood is so exciting and so...

By Ryan F. Platt, MBA, ChFC, ChSNC, CFBS Selecting a trustee for your child’s Special Needs Trust is an important decision. The trustee...

By Karen Kaplan I was thinking, parents of children with intellectual disabilities are often bombarded with all kinds of intervention...

By Dr. Ronald I. Malcolm, EdD It is always important to be ready for the unexpected when traveling with children. However, it is even...