This is Part 3 of a 3 part series. Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. During the 2023-2024 school year, our son Luke, who is autistic and non-verbal, was abused by an assistant in his special education classroom at Central Elementary School, which is part of the Graves County School District in Kentucky. […]
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. Click here to read Part 1. During the 2023-2024 school year, our son Luke, who is autistic and non-verbal, was abused by an assistant in his special education classroom at Central Elementary School, which is part of the Graves County School District in Kentucky. We later […]
This is part 1 of a 3 part series. My alarm hasn’t even gone off and I’m greeted by the most adorable 8 year-old in an oversized t-shirt and his dirty red Crocs. Red Crocs have been Luke’s signature footwear since he was five. When they’re on, we’re going somewhere. I barely have a chance […]
My good friend Rachel and the boys’ speech therapist during early intervention, was the first person to introduce me to visual supports. She would come to our house once a week and use little pictures of things like a stop sign for “stop” or a graphic of “bubbles”. It was so simple but so effective. […]
