Advocates and families lobbied hard for the extension, which the state Assembly and Senate approved unanimously this spring. But supporters said earlier this month that the measure was being held up by a dispute inside the Murphy administration over how to spend federal coronavirus aid. The governor s office would not discuss the delay.
Advocates said time was running out, with schools planning graduation ceremonies and crafting individual education plans, or IEPs, that would guide instruction for students with disabilities next year.
One group, the Education Law Center, held teleconferences as recently as Wednesday morning advising parents of disabled students to reject diplomas and take legal action if the bill wasn’t signed.
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His mother is trying to keep him from falling.
It s not a real cliff it s a metaphor that families and advocates of people with disabilities use to describe the transition to life after they turn 21 and age out of special education programs.
John is 20 and has severe autism. The life he has known since the age of 3 will soon change when he turns 21 and no longer is eligible for special education programs, said his mother, Patricia Miller of West Orange.
“It’s been a difficult year for everyone, but for our kids who have autism it’s been extremely difficult,” she said. It was a year of interrupted routines, raised tensions and halted therapy. To top it all off, John and others like him across the state are about to “fall off a cliff.”
His mother is trying to keep him from falling.
It s not a real cliff it s a metaphor that families and advocates of people with disabilities use to describe the transition to life after they turn 21 and age out of special education programs.
John is 20 and has severe autism. The life he has known since the age of 3 will soon change when he turns 21 and no longer is eligible for special education programs, said his mother, Patricia Miller of West Orange.
“It’s been a difficult year for everyone, but for our kids who have autism it’s been extremely difficult,” she said. It was a year of interrupted routines, raised tensions and halted therapy. To top it all off, John and others like him across the state are about to “fall off a cliff.”