Charlie is on Spring Break this week; he’s been off from school for three days now and it’s already been clear how much he misses it, how much he needs the structure and familiar routines of school: Without these, he’s one small fish in a big ocean of time. He’ll be back in the classroom next Monday and the day before I will be speaking on a panel at the eighth annual second city Disability Studies in Education conference—yes, on topics always on my mind.
Prof. Douglas Biklen of Syracuse University will first speak about
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