Advocating for Sensory-Inclusive Education: IEPs, Classrooms, and Schools

• By: Amanda Bailey Association for Autism and Neurodiversity (AANE)
• January 10th, 2024
• 504 plan, accommodations, children, inclusive schools, individualized education program, regulation, self-advocacy, sensory advocacy, sensory issues, sensory-based accommodations, sensory-inclusive school, unique sensory profile, Winter 2024 Issue
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There are many lists and suggestions for sensory-inclusive education for autistic students. Gaining a sense of your student’s unique sensory profile – what causes distress or helps them stay regulated – is important. They may be impacted differently at school than at home. How can a caregiver...

Funding Home Programs and Private Schools – Possible, Yes! Easy? Not Exactly

• By: Tracey Spencer Walsh, Esq. Mayerson & Associates
• October 1st, 2013
• attorney, autism interventions, disability education services, due process hearings, education, finances, IEP process, individualized education program, parental advocacy, school funding disputes, special education law
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You have learned that your child requires intensive intervention and educational services. A school district may provide your child with the services your child requires on the IEP. To help support your request for an intensive (and what is oftentimes, costly) educational program, provide your...

Accommodations at School

• By: Yvona Fast, MLS GRASP
• January 1st, 2013
• actually autistic, assistive technology, autism accommodations, classroom support, executive function, individualized education program, learning differences, school, social skills training, special education strategies
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Individuals on the spectrum often need special accommodations at school. There are many lists of possible accommodations for students on the autism spectrum. So much depends on how challenged the individual is, and in what areas the challenges present themselves. Ask, what are the barriers to your...