Comments on: Court Injunction Allows Teen To Attend Graduation http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/06/19/autism-graduate/3769/ Developmental Disability News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: twinkie1cat http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/06/19/autism-graduate/3769/comment-page-1/#comment-391 twinkie1cat Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:46:15 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=3769#comment-391 Regular education people are so hard headed and set in their ways. You would think they were the ones with the disability. For years a system in Georgia has done exactly what this school did. The kids participate in graduation at 18 and then go on to an adult program, that is really just a community based education program, in a different location until they are 22. That way they get their whole education and still are part of the school. It would not even have to be at another school as long as it was distinguished from the program the younger students go to. It has been 34 years and the still want to fit our square pegs in their round holes. This is why the best administrators are special educators.They not only know how to teach, but htey are flexible and want to meet the needs of the students, not fit the students to their rules. Parents need to remember the last resort words always. Use them when nothing else works: media lawsuit Regular education people are so hard headed and set in their ways. You would think they were the ones with the disability. For years a system in Georgia has done exactly what this school did. The kids participate in graduation at 18 and then go on to an adult program, that is really just a community based education program, in a different location until they are 22. That way they get their whole education and still are part of the school. It would not even have to be at another school as long as it was distinguished from the program the younger students go to.

It has been 34 years and the still want to fit our square pegs in their round holes. This is why the best administrators are special educators.They not only know how to teach, but htey are flexible and want to meet the needs of the students, not fit the students to their rules.

Parents need to remember the last resort words always. Use them when nothing else works: media lawsuit

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