Is The Pandemic A Chance To Reimagine Special Education?
by Cayla Bamberger, The Hechinger Report | February 4, 2021
Single mom Nicole Vaughn has spent the better part of her adult life advocating for her five adopted children with disabilities. But when schools shuttered for the coronavirus last spring, Vaughn gained a slew of new responsibilities, like helping her kids access virtual classrooms and coordinating the special education services they receive.
“I had to send emails to the speech and language provider saying, ‘Hey, they haven’t seen you, I haven’t seen you. What’s going on? ” said Vaughn, who lives in the Detroit metropolitan area.