I am thrilled to announce that Prufrock Press has acquired a group of selected titles formerly published by Zephyr Press. Some of these books are fairly recent releases and some are classics. I always felt that Zephyr had some wonderful titles, and I wanted to bring a select group of them over to Prufrock. I [...]
This post is a followup to a series of earlier blogs regarding the dispute between the family of a child with special needs and the East Meadow School District in New York over allowing the student to have his service dog in school. The family wanted to have their son’s service dog attend school with [...]
This week, one of my readers wrote to me with the following question:
My son is 10 and loves history, but no kids his age share that interest. I think he would enjoy meeting people his age who also like history! Are there any history camps out there? Or any “young historian clubs” or anything? I [...]
Having access to text that can be readily converted into spoken words can be a critical part of becoming a proficient reader, a student who is meaningfully included in school, and employable in the world outside of school. For my son, without digitized text he would not be able to be in an inclusive classroom. [...]
The Federal government’s employment of people with disabilities is at an all time low according to a Washington Post story. Unemployment generally of people with disabilities is at very high levels of 30% or greater. IDEIA is supposed to produce outcomes that focus on economic self-sufficiency, ability to live in the community and [...]