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Tag Archives: discrimination
School Sports
Is it fair to ensure students with disabilities are included on school sports teams? If you want my personal opinion, and we are talking about a public school, then I say yes. Absolutely. According to me, there are simply no … Continue reading
Systemic Segregation
Picture this: Students with brown eyes arriving to their home school on a different looking bus than their peers. Because they are on this different bus, they arrive earlier, sit and wait for ten to twenty minutes before being let … Continue reading
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Background: The photo above was taken by this young man’s mother. The young man in the photo has a disability, and depends on his wheelchair to get around. The mother had reasonable expectation that the chorus teacher (pictured here) would … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Education
Tagged Cobb County School Board, Cobb County School District, Cobb County Schools Chorus Leader Mr. Grevstad, Cobb County Schools Superintendent, disability discrimination, disability discrimination in education, disability discrimination in public schools, discrimination, Inclusion, seclusion, segregation
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Advocacy Alert
If your school district or a school district you know of is engaging in the regular practice of separate schedules and shortened school days for special education students, be aware that this is a violation of the students’ rights and … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Education
Tagged advocacy alert, Americans with Disabilities Act, Antonia Elementary School, Antonia Middle School, Autism, Clyde Hamrick Elementary, Disabilities, discrimination, discrimination against disabled students, Education advocacy, Fox C-6 Schools, Fox High School, Fox Schools, Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), George Guffey Elementary School, Hodge Elementary, IDEA, Least Restrictive Environment, Lone Dell Elementary, Meramec Heights Elementary School, public school district discrimination against students with disabilities, Seckman Elementary Schoo, Seckman High School, Seckman Middle School, Section 504, segregation, separate school schedules, Simpson Elementary
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ICAA Addresses School Board
Friends, ICAA addressed a local public School Board on Tuesday of this week. This is the second time ICAA representatives have addressed this particular district regarding the systemic practice of early dismissal for students with disabilities. We acknowledged the members … Continue reading
“Hacking” Autism?
The bold header reads “Help us hack Autism“, and it bothered me. I was working late, seeking out other autism organizations who claim advocacy in their missions to help with some of ICAA’s current efforts. I visited Autism Speaks’ site. … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy
Tagged Activism, Advocacy, Autism, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, defeat autism, defeating autism, different abilities, discrimination, Doug Flutie, Emily Malabey, Flutie Foundation, Hacking Autism, ICAA, ICAA efforts, International Coalition for Autism and all Abilities, segregation, Self Advocates, words matter
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When Good People Do Nothing
“The only way for evil to prosper is for good people to do nothing.” This quote is commonly attributed to Edmund Burke and it is certainly relevant today. Apathy, fear and ignorance seem to be the biggest mountains we … Continue reading
