The Pure Beauty of Autism and Why I Miss It

The Pure Beauty of Autism

My parents have a cottage on a remote lake deep in the woods. We’re lucky enough to go to each summer. One of my favorite happenings in nature is to encounter a deer unexpectedly in my path. There’s something about seeing deer in the wild that is so connective; they lock your eyes without flinching [...]

5 Tips for Preventing Summer Learning Loss

Avoiding The Summer Slide

Guest Post by Holly Zipperer “Summer learning loss” or “the summer slide” is what teachers call the regression in skills which takes place in the time between the end of one school year and the beginning of the next. Research shows that special education students, on average, experience a more significant skill loss than typical [...]