Autism And Education Summary

Stephanie Lindsey the author of the article Autism and Education addresses some serious issues in the education system between the special needs students and the highly gifted students. Stephanie writes the article based off her children and how they are treated in school. Her son has autism, which affects his capability to learn, speak, and to train himself when it comes to bathroom use. Also never being alone in school due to him having a personal aid alongside him with special classes he is treaded with a different type of education. Her daughter on the other hand tests in the 95th percentile nationwide on standardized testing. She’s twelve and her capability of progressing information and taking complex ideas apart and putting them back together to form new thoughts is like no normal twelve year old. She reads entire novels, solves Sudoku puzzles, and also participates in her school

plays in which she remembers entire scripts. Even though her two children are treated differently she feels like there’s isn’t a balance.
Stephanie claims that her son teachers love him which shows that her son and son’s teachers have a direct one on one interaction with each other.

Her son is given the same opportunity as her daughter though when it comes to the education due to government programming such as Individual Education Plan which legally ensures that her son gets every opportunity to excel. She’s also given an appeal to independently board for a mediation and her son gets extra money for his education if needed. Her daughter though spends time in regular classrooms where they review over and over again about the same tasks that she’s already learned and doesn’t motivate her. She only really challenged when it comes to her learning outside the classroom in her special “gifted” program in which she is learns different languages and different new material at a faster pace. Stephanie’s thinks even though her daughter is gifted and advances through material in school at a extremely fast pace that both her daughter and son get the same attention, in order for both of her kids to excel and do better in

school.
Stephanie addresses that in government spending for education that the gifted program only receives $7.5 million in federal grants through the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program, which the special needs program receives $24.5 billion to the No Child Left Behind Program. She also states her opinion on the government spending and how it would be equally fair if they took money from the No Child Left Behind Program, and instead gave it to the gifted program in order for advancements in science, technology, and the arts. She addresses good points and the unequal treatment in both programs. Children who advance should be given a program or some type of treatment in which children with disabilities are given. The gap of the programs need to change and need to be adjusted correctly in order for us to move forward rather than stay in the same place. People with incredible skills who process things quicker could help with a variety in many things. The act of change and money exchange in programs should be looked at and should be revalued.