Nov 4th, 2009
by Mary P Jones.
Image credit: Photo by
Temari 09 on Flickr
Licensed under Creative Commons
A year and a half ago, I posted a story about an autistic boy named Alex Barton, whose teacher had asked the other students to vote him out of his kindergarten class. Periodically, people write and ask what's up with Alex and how he's doing [...]
Oct 3rd, 2008
by Mary P Jones.
Inside the backpacka yellow piece of paper:a class newsletter.
Mrs. Fontaine writesdetails of my son's progress,delivered weekly.
Wait, seriously?She's keeping me updated?Is she real? Pinch me.
Oct 1st, 2008
by Mary P Jones.
Image credit: Photo byChocolate Geek on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons
I broke down and cried in my son's parent-teacher conference last week. I did. Mrs. Chaudhry, my son's mainstream teacher, seemed a bit taken aback; she jumped up and dashed across the room to grab a box of tissues. Mrs. Fontaine, his special [...]
