How parents in Boulder rewrote the rules on autism therapy in school
The Denver Post
Parents in Boulder Valley School District collaborated with school leaders to address systemic issues in autism education, leading to the creation of the nation's first neurodiversity policy. The policy shifts focus from trying to "cure" autistic students to affirming their identities, and it was developed after parents highlighted the failures of traditional ABA therapy, which has been criticized for its punitive methods. The new approach involves input from autistic individuals and aims to transform how schools support neurodiverse students.
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