Articles/Reports

January 19, 2012 By BENEDICT CAREY of the NY Times Proposed changes in the definition of autism would sharply reduce the skyrocketing rate at which the disorder is diagnosed and might make it harder for many people who would no longer meet the criteria to …

By Amanda Gardner of the HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) — The number of people diagnosed with autism will likely decrease if a new definition of the disorder is adopted by mental health experts later this year. Doctors aren’t sure what the implications …

During the last school year, Williamson County Schools Student Support Services Department requested an “audit” or evaluation of our special ed services.  We contracted with an outside agency using the ARRA or stimulus funds that were provided to our district for special education.  The evaluation …

by Ned Andrew Solomon, wcsLink parent and Director of Partners in Policymaking Leadership Institute. Lizzy B, my second adopted daughter, came home with us a month after her birthday – November 1, 1993 – after spending time in a foster home in Williamson County. We …

Kathie Snow is a parent, author, and trainer that challenges conventional wisdom and promotes new attitudes, new actions, and common sense in the disability arena. Since 1991, she’s presented hundreds of seminars at conferences and meetings across the United States and Canada. Her first book, …

Kathie Snow is a parent, author, and trainer that challenges conventional wisdom and promotes new attitudes, new actions, and common sense in the disability arena. Since 1991, she’s presented hundreds of seminars at conferences and meetings across the United States and Canada. Her first book, …

by Jacques Steinberg (senior editor of The NY Times and moderates The Choice blog on college admission) The admissions process can be stressful for even the most gifted, organized students. But to applicants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or learning disabilities, the path to college …