Today’s Special

In a perfect world, parents of autistic kids would have every need met. But Jill and Jeff don’t live in a perfect world, and in this cast they talk about what they’d like to see available for services to autistic kids and their families, with ideas — playgrounds, insurance, rec programs, tax breaks — ranging from the fantastic to the commonsense.

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Jill and Jeff would love to see Alex start to mainstream with typically developing students. They discuss the pluses and minuses, the worries and hopes of putting him in an unfamiliar situation for a few minutes a day. Will the new teacher accept him? Will the other students? Will it help him learn some social behaviors?

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For most people, back to school is a bright fall day filled with the excitement of learning new things. For Jill and Jeff, it’s a time of  burning-eyed exhaustion as they readjust their schedules to meet Alex’s bus at (sob!) 7 in  the morning. Through their yawns, they also discuss their goals for Alex in this new school year.

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