Unpredictable violence, chaotic outbursts and countless trips to the emergency room. What happens when an autistic teenager becomes unmanageable at home? Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Special Education”
Mayor Adams Unveils Program to Address Dyslexia in N.Y.C. Schools
By Gotham Rex on May 12, 2022
The mayor, who has dyslexia himself, would open two new schools, train teachers and direct schools to use phonics-based lessons as a way to address a literacy crisis in the city. Source: New York Times
Parents of Students With Disabilities Try to Make Up for Lost Year
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2021
In New York City, the shift to remote learning “exacerbated pre-existing achievement gaps” for the 200,000 thousand students with disabilities. Source: New York Times
Inside the Mayor’s Plan to Help N.Y.C.’s Schools Recover
By Gotham Rex on July 9, 2021
Bill de Blasio unveiled a $635 million plan to restore the system post-lockdown and give students extra academic and mental health support. Source: New York Times
How 2 N.J. Schools With Similar Covid Cases Are Reopening
By Gotham Rex on April 28, 2021
Students with autism in two neighboring New Jersey towns have had far different access to in-person school. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Classrooms Finally Reopen for Some Students
By Gotham Rex on September 21, 2020
Up to 90,000 children in pre-K and students with advanced disabilities went back to in-person school on Monday. Source: New York Times
When Caring for Your Child’s Needs Becomes a Job All Its Own
By Gotham Rex on July 24, 2020
For some parents, work outside the home is impossible as they navigate complicated and frustrating systems for help. But they don’t have to go it alone. Source: New York Times