Age: Unspecified
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: OHI, Intellectual Disability
Theme: strength-based assessment and individualized goal development
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism
Theme: parent support and training, school accountability
Language: English

Age: Unspecified
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism, speech-language delay
Theme: better coordination of processes, parent support
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism, sensory processing disorder, dyslexia
Theme: IEP accountability, teacher training, federal consistency
Language: English

Age: School-Age
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Unspecified
Theme: school choice, special education liason
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Intellectual Disability
Theme: required parent advisory groups in each school district, parent liasons in school districts
Language: English

Age: School-Age
Gender: Male
Location: New Mexico
Disability: ADHD, ODD, RAD, ED
Theme: LRE, program accountability, inclusion
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: New Mexico
Disability: ADHD
Theme: teacher training, keeping parents involved after student turns 18
Language: English

Age: School-Age
Gender: Male
Location: New Mexico
Disability: Autism, ADHD, ODD
Theme: consistency from state to state
Language: English

Age: School-Age
Gender: Male
Location: New Mexico
Disability: Autism
Theme: IDEA issues and Bureau of Indian Education being sent out of state
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Maine
Disability: Down Syndrome
Theme: fully funding IDEA, staffing shortage, waitlists for services
Language: English

Age: School-Age, Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Maine
Disability: Autism, ADHD, ODD
Theme: fully funding IDEA
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Maine
Disability: Unspecified
Theme: teacher training, mandating UDL in IDEA
Language: English

Age: School-Age
Gender: Male
Location: Maine
Disability: Multiple disability, medical complexity
Theme: fully funding IDEA, UDL teacher training, inclusion
Language: English

Age: Unspecified
Gender: Male
Location: Louisiana
Disability: Autism, spina bifida, genetic disorder, epilepsy, food allergies
Theme: IDEA does not address food allergies, pursuing litigation under IDEA/Rehab act/ADA, state accountability
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism
Theme: staff shortages, funding, staff training, parent navigation support
Language: English

Age: Unspecified
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Multiple disabilities, medical complexity
Theme: fully funding IDEA
Language: English

Age: School-Age
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, discalculia
Theme: consideration of independent evaluation, behavioral support, child find, district accountability
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism
Theme: educating families, child find, staff shortages, funding, state accountability
Language: English

Age: School-Age
Gender: Male, Female
Location: Illinois
Disability: Unspecified
Theme: LRE, inclusion. behavior support
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Unspecified
Theme: FAPE, IEP team participation, transition supports
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Washington DC
Disability: multiple disabilities, EBD, anxiety
Theme: teacher training, emotional/behavioral support, IEP team participation
Language: English

Age: Unspecified
Gender: Male
Location: Washington DC
Disability: Autism
Theme: IEP accessibility for parents, better communication
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Congenital heart defects, GI Dismotility, ADHD
Theme: Inclusion of service providers in transition plans
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism
Theme: Funding for afterschool care for children with disabilities
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: HFAutism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, anxiety
Theme: Full inclusion with proper support, educational placement based on disability, generalization of skills
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Down Syndrome
Theme: Language in IDEA for inclusion, Funding and guidance for school districts
Language: English

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Autism
Theme: Schools providing enough time for parents to review relevant paperwork
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Dyslexia
Theme: Early screening and intervention
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Theme: Gap in transition service between EI and Kinder; Training for school personnel and parents, Resources for parents
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Intellectual Disability
Theme: Accountability for services, especially inclusion, Parents being able to assess the classroom (due process)
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Autism
Theme: Inclusion in LRE; Seamless transition from EI
Language: English

Age: Adult Service
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Autism
Theme: Funding for programs for adult services; Parent training for law, rights and advocacy; After school program;
Language: English

Age: Adult Service
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Autism
Theme: Educational training on rights and responsibilities; Increase Part D funding (Parent resource centers);
Language: English

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Autism
Theme: Surveilance cameras in classrooms as a back-up for liability issues, inclusion with neurotypical children, increased funding in IDEA
Language: Spanish

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Theme: school providing enough information, 1:1 therapy not just group, Classroom aides participating in IEPs
Language: Spanish

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Theme: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder be added as a disability area, better train teachers to work with students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Language: Spanish

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Down Syndrome
Theme: IEPs provided in home language, training for parents, more communication with parents, training for teachers
Language: Spanish

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism
Theme: Increase age to 26
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism
Theme: Increase age to 26
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Theme: Teacher training in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Language: English

Age: Adult Service
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Asperger's
Theme: Include educational partnerships between parents/teachers, communication, teacher training
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Intellectual Disability
Theme: Increase age to 26
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Multiple
Theme: Parent involvement language in IDEA, liaison support for parents, increase parent participation in IEP process, children who are nonverbal be provided with AAC device, extend age to 26
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: HFAutism
Theme: Provide access to information about special education
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Atypical HFAutism
Theme: Emotional and social wellbeing in conjunction with academics
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Autism
Theme: Manual for parents to understand the system, possibilities, services, information for new families
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Allergies, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Autism
Theme: Transition planning, assistive technology, Attention Deficit Disorder "peer reviewed " to research-based practices
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Apraxia
Theme: Facilitated IEP as a procedural safeguard
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Autism
Theme: Fully fund IDEA
Language: English

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Down Syndrome
Theme: More transparency with legal information, special education in the community, addressing demographical and cultural diversity
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety, Asthma, Severe Allergies
Theme: Define LRE per child
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Congenital Heart Disease, Hypotonia, Nonverbal Autism
Theme: Collaboration between schools and parents, resources for parents related to self care and information centers
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Cerebral Palsy
Theme: Information in Spanish
Language: Spanish

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Auditory Processing Disorder, Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder
Theme: Provide more opportunities for diverse programming
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Down Syndrome
Theme: More funding, appropriate supports and resources, sensitivity training for staff and students
Language: English

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Auditory Processing Disorder
Theme: Providing services that are in the IEP, communication between the school and family, accountability
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Theme: Budget cuts in special education, learning centers for Learning Disability and young adults, more funding and more activities for special education, IEP meetings run by federal government and state board
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Depression, Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Theme: Fully fund IDEA, hire fully qualified people, serve students beyond academics
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Learning Disability
Theme: Stronger language in IDEA, shorten 60 day evaluation period, change "consider" to "using" independent evaluations to inform decisions
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism
Theme: Provide more funding for athletic services for individuals with disabilities
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism
Theme: Need more diversity and equity in education, ensure that funding is provided by the government
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Char Syndrome
Theme: Weekly ABA therapy
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Developmental Delay
Theme: Providing transition services starting in 5th grade
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Autism
Theme: Increase funding for adequate staffing for a variety of programs
Language: English

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Developmental Delay
Theme: More time for teachers to spend with students
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Autism
Theme: Provide more therapies to support speech and behavior, provide more information in Spanish
Language: Spanish

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism
Theme: Including students with disabilities in activities, providing better communication between parents and teachers to allow for more participation
Language: Spanish

Age: Adult Service
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Traumatic Brain Injury
Theme: Transitional, college, vocational services
Language: English

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Autism
Theme: Provide language, funding, practices for twice exceptional students
Language: English

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Intellectual Disability
Theme: Provide functional life skills classes in every school
Language: English

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: New Hampshire
Disability: Cognitive Impairment, Learning Disability
Theme: Fully funding IDEA
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Washington DC
Disability: Autism, multiple disabilities
Theme: Functional life skills training for students
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Washington DC
Disability: Learning disabilities
Theme: Late diagnosis penalties and compensatory education
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Washington DC
Disability: Learning disability
Theme: Child find, FAPE
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism, ADHD, Anxiety disorder, learning disabilities
Theme: Increase knowledge about resources, provide special education advocates, support equity and inclusion
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: OCD, anxiety
Theme: Supports schools accountability, wants parents included in decision making, stricter school policy, laws need to set boundaries on the school and allocate more rights to the parents
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism
Theme: Had to move in order to have a certified special education teacher, parents should be able to send their child to a district with a certified SpEd teacher at their home district's expense
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Louisiana
Disability: Autism, speech delay
Theme: increasing special education funding, solving staffing shortage, funding accountability, strenghtening supports for transition to adulthood
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: Maine
Disability: ADHD
Theme: Disagrees with PBIS
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Maine
Disability: Autism
Theme: More teacher training on Evidence-based practices, equity, and inclusion
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Maine
Disability: ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia
Theme: Need more mental health supports, wants Dyslexia screening for all children, more staff professional development
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Maine
Disability: Autism
Theme: Supports inclusion, schools need to be held accountable for LRE, IDEA is not fully funded and needs more funding
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: New Mexico
Disability: Cerebral palsy, learning disabilities
Theme: solving staffing shortage, decreasing special education staff workload, increasing special education funding to states, increasing staff training
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: New Mexico
Disability: Autism
Theme: ABA in schools, behavior support, charter schools
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Fragile X Syndrome, Autism
Theme: Wants IDEA funding increased
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: ADHD, Anxiety, Math disability
Theme: Wants services to be provided without school resistance, wants schools to be held accountable with oversight and a financial consequence when their IDEA obligations are not met
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism
Theme: Wants smoother transitions and consistent evaluations to eliminate delays when moving from state to state
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism
Theme: Want isolation/seclusion and other cruel punishments to be prohibited
Language: English

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism, ADHD, Speech deficits, Cerebral palsy
Theme: Wants schools to allow students to leave school early to participate in private therapies when the school will not/can not provide more related service minutes
Language: English

Age: Not Disclosed
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Cerebral palsy, Autism, hearing loss
Theme: Wants funding increased so schools can provide afterschool opportunities for children with disabilities, wants funding divided equally for children with and without disabilties
Language: English

Age: Early Childhood
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: ADHD, sensory processing disorder
Theme: Wants funding increased so schools can provide the resources, services, and policies to students
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism, dyslexia, global developmental delay
Theme: increasing federal funding of special education, improving general education teacher training related to disability
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Learning disability, multiple disabilities
Theme: Increaasing access to educational resources about navigating the school systems, reauthorizing IDEA more frequently
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Male
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism
Theme: Increasing access to full-time services during summer, increasing funding for special education
Language: Spanish