I’m all for a good news story. Trust me I have been using every search engine, meta tag, and google alert I use to find one. Unfortunately this story (even if this sounds like one on first blush) IT IS NOT. Part of being a writer, advocate and human rights supporter, is being able to...

A Letter from Simon Flint I am abundantly proud to introduce you today to a very talented guest blogger. Now admittedly I may be somewhat biased, as the blogger in question is my 12 year old son Simon Flint. Simon’s class (and I think all elementary school students in Alberta) were asked...

Here is some GOOD NEWS! We have known for a long time that inclusion in schools was good for students with disabilities but we haven’t been very good at talking about why it’s good for students without disabilities. Sure we have extolled the civic and moral benefits of inclusion...

When Special Education is Not So Special: This has been a bad week for segregated classrooms, special education, and bullying in the US. In three different US States, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Ohio, three separate and industrious students with special needs took matters into their own hands,...