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This mom says virtual learning is not working for her son with Down syndrome. She has some ideas on how to flip the system.
in a Washington Post op-ed, said the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare deep inequities in our society, but particularly in access to quality education.She explained that distance learning for her son Julian, who recently finished fourth grade at a public school in Maryland, was a disaster.“It turned a happy, independent, and curious child into an anxious and withdrawn one, in large part because of the school’s failure to provide appropriate access to both academic and social-emotional learning or the necessary services and supports and modifications that are essential to his education,” she wrote.At Julian’s school, he received the Individualized Education Program, which is federally mandated for students with special needs.