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IEPs, therapies and school rights
IEPs, therapies, and school rights — written without the acronym soup.
Many autistic children struggle to start tasks, switch between them, keep time in mind, or organise materials — even when they understand the work. Supports that externalise the plan work better than lectures.
Both are legal documents. They come from different laws, they do different things, and schools do not always steer families toward the right one. Here is how to choose, request, and judge the goals.
Disagreement with a school is common and does not make you a difficult parent. Here is how Prior Written Notice, facilitation, mediation, state complaints, and due process fit together — and what to do before you escalate.
Good IEP goals name a real skill, how it will be measured, and why it helps your child learn or participate — not how typically they look. Here is how to read present levels, rewrite weak goals, track progress, and walk into the meeting prepared.
The jump into preschool or primary school is a major transition for autistic children. Here is how to prepare, what to ask about placement, and how to build supports before the year unravels.
Most teachers want the year to work. Clear written information, realistic priorities, and a paper trail turn hallway chats into support that actually sticks.
Autistic adults and many professionals disagree sharply about some common therapies. Both sides will tell you the other is dangerous. You deserve a fair account rather than a sales pitch.
By the mid-teens, schools must plan for life after high school. Here is what belongs in the plan, how to involve your teenager, what a Summary of Performance is, and how families think about adulthood decisions without treating guardianship as automatic.