I recently read an article about a family touting the special education their autistic son was receiving in his new school.  The family had moved from another state (not mentioned in the article) to a city in Tennessee, and their son was receiving exemplary care and education in his new location.  His skill set had [...]

The University of Florida in Gainesville is receiving a federal grant to improve the special education training for doctoral students seeking to become professors and researchers for students with severe disaiblities.  I’ve stressed before how impressed I am with my undergraduate institution for their research and training in the area of special education, and I’ve [...]

We in “the business” of serving and working with the developmentally disabled have gotten ourselves into a quandary.  While we strive for political correctness, as nearly everyone in this present age attempts to do, we’ve caused much confusion in our terminology and lingo among people of all ages.  Often when I’m speaking to people and [...]

Imagine living with a nonverbal developmentally disabled individual who has no means of communication whatsoever.  She crawls around the house, eats at the dinner table, plays with some toys and goes to school on the short bus every day without any way to tell her family what she wants. Ever. Then picture the day when [...]