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MANY KIDS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME IN SCHOOL, AND WE NEED TO HELP!
If you are an educational policymaker or educator in general, please keep in mind the following points:
Before making critical decisions about policies and programs, I suggest you do the following two things:
If the answer is yes…or even maybe…, please think twice before continuing.
And remember, in this day and age- teaching kids skills and social-emotional understanding is far more critical than requiring them to pass tests on large quantities of material that is easily accessible online.
We all need to work much harder to create a truly inclusive and equitable educational system. Let’s get started!
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Jacki Edry is a graduate of Hampshire College and has an extensive background in education, writing, and marketing. She has been exploring the world of autism and neurodiversity for over thirty-five years.
I’m thrilled to announce that recently, I was privileged to be a guest on the renowned podcast- hosted by Barry Prizant, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and Dave Finch, “The
On January 4th, I had the immense pleasure of sharing my presentation, “Embracing Acquired Neurodivergence,” with the CASY Cultural Autism Studies Online Speaker Series. CASY
I’m delighted, excited, grateful, and highly honored to share with you that the incredible Barbara Bensoussan wrote an excellent article about me, my book, and
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very important and very well written!!
Thank you, Shulamit! So glad you feel that way and wishing for change! All the best, Jacki
Jackie thank you for stating such critical points in such easy to understand language.
Thank you, Chitra! So glad you found it useful!
Hi jack,
Loved reading this I totally agree.
I wish you every success in helping us change these rigid systems 😊👍 and more focus on peoples individual strengths, skills and aspirations.
Ps I’m Tanya Dawes Services for people with Autism on linked in 🙂. But I work in special educational settings during the day. During my time off I try bring about change.
Thanks Tanya! There is so much work to do! Hoping we all succeed! Thanks, Jacki
Very important points, well written and easy to understand!!! Thank you!! 🙂
Thank you Meghan! I’m glad you found it helpful!
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it interesting and useful!
I agree with all of these and really appreciate the perspective here. I’ve been an educator for autistic individuals for many years and these all resonated with me.
Thank you! I’m so glad it resonated with you!
Thank you, Ruth! I am so glad they resonated with you!