Age: School-Age
Gender: Female
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism, ADHD
Theme: ABA in school
Language: English

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

Age: School-Age
Gender: Male
Location: New Mexico
Disability: ADHD, ODD, RAD, ED
Theme: LRE, program accountability, inclusion
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: School-Age, Transition
Gender: Male
Location: Maine
Disability: Autism, ADHD, ODD
Theme: fully funding 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: 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: School-Age
Gender: Male, Female
Location: Illinois
Disability: Unspecified
Theme: LRE, inclusion. behavior support
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: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Dyslexia
Theme: Early screening and intervention
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: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
Disability: Autism
Theme: Increase age to 26
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: Illinois
Disability: Learning Disability
Theme: Funding (at least 40%)
Language: English

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

Age: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: Massachusetts
Disability: Autism
Theme: Special education laws are rarely followed
Language: English

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

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: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Autism
Theme: Increase age to 26
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: 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: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: Tennessee
Disability: Autism
Theme: Lack of education about classmates with disabilities
Language: Spanish

Age: School Age
Gender: Male
Location: Washington DC
Disability: Learning disability
Theme: Child find, FAPE
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: Female
Location: Louisiana
Disability: Autism, genetic disorder
Theme: solving staffing shortage, increasing federal special education funding to states
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: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: Maine
Disability: Autism, ADHD, Anxiety disorder, Conversion disorder
Theme: LRE definition, evaluation, and guidelines needs to be revised, inclusion is not always best or equitable
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: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism, Intellectual disability
Theme: Wants IDEA to require outside evaluation to eliminate school bias, parents should be told all options and not only the ones the IEP team tells parents about
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Cyclic vomiting syndrome
Theme: increasing state funding for special education, following doctors' recommendations for the IEP
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: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Multiple learning disabilities
Theme: improving consistency in service delivery between states, increasing federal special education funding
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Autism, medical complexity, genetic disorder
Theme: Improving consistency of services across states, increasing federal funding for special education
Language: English

Age: School Age
Gender: Female
Location: South Carolina
Disability: Mitochondrial disease
Theme: Providing special education services in neighborhood schools
Language: English