Schools are struggling to educate 7 million students who receive special education services in the absence of physical classrooms.
. For students with disabilities, the stakes of these school closures are especially high. These students often rely on a litany of services at school, from speech therapy, to physical therapy, to occupational therapy, that parents simply aren’t trained to do on their own. Parents and educators worry that fragile gains made this year could disappear with so much time off. An eventual transition back to school could prove especially difficult.
to waive portions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the federal law that governs special education and calls for disabled students to get an equal education to their non-disabled peers. “That’s a huge void, not being able to get him the support he needs to communicate, it’s devastating,” Stuart said, noting an IEP meeting for her son was canceled with no apparent makeup in sight.Jack, Adrienne Stuart's son, is 5 years old. He is going to miss months of school as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
“What we all need to do right now is we need to extend some grace to ourselves, and everyone else,” she said. “It’s going to take a minute and it’s going to take some collaboration.”
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