Charging for Special Education is Unethical, Period.
Rather than addressing the elephant in the room as postscript, let me acknowledge the possibility for accusations of hypocrisy up front. 12 years ago I …
It’s Not Their Fault
A little context first. My original teaching license from the University of Wisconsin was for teaching students with behavioral and emotional disabilities in grades K-12. …
The Accommodation Fallacy
If you missed the front end of my diatribe on the faulty paradigm that special education has been spoon fed to unassuming parents and children, …
Free Your Mind
I’m not sure I can do it anymore. That’s how I’ve been feeling lately. After close to 30 years in the field of special education, …
ADHD is Not a Super Power
A student I was working with recently was looking disgruntled after a long day at school. So, I asked him about what was grinding his …
Alert: Not all Disabilities are Visible
Last year, we moved the family from Wisconsin to London. Quite the task with three kids under the age of nine, but after being here …
How to Conquer Virtual Learning during the Coronavirus
With most high schools and colleges commencing the year with some version of online learning, millions of students are faced with a complex learning format, …
Silver Linings: Social Distancing in the Age of Autism
Like you, I’ve been spending most of my day performing two types of tasks, 1) things I would rather not be doing at home and …
Ten Easy Ways to Get Your College Freshman to Move Back Home
Well it’s that time of year again when doting parents have dropped their precious children off for their first year of college. If you are …
An Open Letter to My Son’s Kindergarten Teacher
Dear Teacher, As my son was walking through your door for open house the week before he enters your kindergarten class, I had …










