Special Ed for Asian Students |
| Published: February 9, 2008, 1:33 pm |
| Tags: asia, china, education, legal issues, asd, asperger, autism, autism spectrum disorder, boston, cantonese, children, pdd nos, psychology, special education |
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In my son Charlie’s classroom, three out of the five students (including him) are Asian and, from noting attendance at community activities for special needs children, there are a lot of Asian families with special needs children in our school district. The district has gained recognition for excellent schools for all students and the Asian student population has been growing in the past few years—-Charlie is half-Chinese American and this is the first time he has been among other Asian students, and I think he’s it (though Charlie, being half-Irish American, is taller than by a head or than the other two Asian boys, though Charlie is younger than them). I was born in California (as were both of my parents); still, when Charlie was first diagnosed, an evaluator asked if we thought that Charlie was not talking was because perhaps “English was not spoken in the home.” (I did resist the urge to say, no, just Latin from time to time.) Today’s Boston [ Full article ] |
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