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Why Special Needs Parents Face Constant Advocacy Battles

My son has autism and every year I have to fight to get him the same accommodations and explain his needs to new teachers who look at me like I am making excuses.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The failure of institutional memory around individual needs forces repeated emotional labor that wears down both advocate and recipient.

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