Just over 6%, or 1,834 students, receive special education services on Guam, according to a 2010 report from the U.S. Department of Education. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), school districts are required to provide adequate education to children with disabilities, subject to their specific needs.
When the coronavirus crisis first hit, Manibusan, who is also a kindergarten teacher at McCool, bought a remote learning unit to teach her son at home.
"In school, you take for granted that there's a schedule," Manibusan said. "But at home, we had to structure that around Tano."
When Tano needs a break from staring at a computer, he ventures out to a new garden that his family started.