Huffington Magazine Issue 83 | Page 46

LOST BOY students with disabilities, inclusion would have such children taught in a regular classroom among their peers. But what if the teacher isn’t trained to cater to a student’s specific diagnosis? The questions demand answers. In an effort to find them, HuffPost reviewed the inner workings, documentation and correspondence between Greg and Maya and their schools — hundreds of pages that trace their struggle for their son’s future, and the future of those like them. HUFFINGTON 01.12.14 To those children like Max, these abstract questions mean nothing. While policies change, mistakes happen, and a school district tries to emerge from decades of expensive litigation and retrofit its classrooms for students with special needs, he waits. His parents think Max may be losing his best chance to develop the skills to lead an independent life. And he could not even say his own name. THE ROAD TO