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

Age: Adult Services
Gender: Unspecified
Location: Illinois
Disability: All
Theme: DSP shortage, underpayment. Senate bill 2026 and House Bill 3569
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: 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: Female
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism
Theme: Increase diversity of classes, help parents understand the law better, provide documentation so parents understand it and it isn't repetitive
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: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: Illinois
Disability: Learning Disability
Theme: Funding (at least 40%)
Language: English

Age: Transition
Gender: Not Disclosed
Location: Illinois
Disability: Deaf, Autism, Brown's Syndrome
Theme: Gap in parent/teacher relationships, communication, teacher training, understanding parental rights
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: 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: Female
Location: Illinois
Disability: Language Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Learning Disability
Theme: Earlier and efficient testing
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: Not Disclosed
Gender: Female
Location: Illinois
Disability: Learning Disability
Theme: Ensure that all children with disabilities are provided FAPE, including those who are gifted and Learning Disability
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: Adult Service
Gender: Female
Location: Illinois
Disability: MS
Theme: Government is very concerned about the education of all children
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: Transition
Gender: Female
Location: Illinois
Disability: Learning disabilities
Theme: Transition services into adult life, waitlist for funding, more school training on transition programming, better/streamlined individualized transition plans and services into adult life
Language: English