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What is the Best Way to Integrate Special Needs Students?

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Lately, there have been many stories in the news about children who were in special education classrooms and who were being mistreated. Some believe that the solution is to integrate students who have special needs into mainstream classrooms. What is the best way to do that? Recently, a father wanted to know what was happening in his son’s classroom that was causing him to have violent outbursts. He sent his son, who has autism, to school with a hidden audio recording device. The six hours of audio revealed that his son was being bullied by his teachers. In January of … Continue reading →

How a Father Discovered Teachers Were Bullying His Son

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A father of a child who has autism started getting notes sent home from school with his child. The notes said that his son had violent outbursts at school. The son couldn’t tell his father what was going on, so the father put a recording device into his son’s pocket before sending him to school. It turned out he was being bullied by his teachers. Stuart Chaifetz is a single parent. His son, Akian, is ten years old and has autism. Akian, like many kids who have an autism spectrum disorder, has difficulties with verbal communication. Therefore, Akian couldn’t simply … Continue reading →

Mean Moms

It’s hard to believe that we are raising our kids in a era where mom’s can be meaner than the kids! You know the mom I’m talking about, the one who is always bragging about how much better her kid is at everything than anyone else. She’s super competitive and has to make sure that she and her child are always the center of attention. She can also be really pushy, rushing in to organize everything and then excluding your child when you don’t appreciate how much she does for everyone. Those bully moms will gossip about you on the … Continue reading →

Parent of Child With Autism Fights School Over Bussing

A mother in Kentucky wants her daughter to be picked up by what the mother is calling a “short bus”. Her daughter has autism, and is prone to seizures when she becomes overstimulated. The school district has offered a large bus with very few students on it, instead. The mother is now fighting with the school about transportation. Angela Southern Roark is a single parent of a ten year old daughter. Neveah is autistic. She can experience epileptic seizures if she becomes overstimulated. Ms. Roark has asked the Fayette County Public Schools, the school system her daughter attends, to provide … Continue reading →

Cyber Bullying

Usually my ex husband and I get along. I believe we have done a better than average job of getting along for Hailey’s sake. In the beginning my ex was not all that pleasant and there were times when he said things around Hailey that were inappropriate but once he worked through his anger about the divorce things got better. We have even celebrated holidays and birthdays together so Hailey would never be torn between her parents. Friends and family couldn’t believe how well we got along. That all changed when Hailey turned eighteen. Suddenly her father was not speaking … Continue reading →

How Does Bullying Affect Kids Who Have Autism?

The Interactive Autism Network (IAN) wants to discover how bullying affects kids who have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Parents of children who have an ASD can take part in this survey, even if their child has not been bullied. The purpose is to understand the affect that bullying has on kids who have autism. Bullying is a big problem. It is not something that adults should ignore, or assume is a “right of passage”. Kids who have special needs are two to three times more likely to become a victim of bullying than are their peers, who don’t have … Continue reading →