Daily News | Philly parents call for a public school that would be devoted to autistic kids
for autistic children, a group of parents gathered outside the Philadelphia School District headquarters to call for a public school to focus onNearly 3,400 Philadelphia public school children have been diagnosed with autism, in some cases their needs are so extreme that parents have sued to get them into private schools. But, for folks without the resources to pay a lawyer the cost of private education can be costly.
McMaster’s 12 years of advocacy — fighting for her autistic son’s access to resources such as properly trained special needs teachers — lead her to believe that “the same system that was created to protect autistic kids from being institutionalized, is harming them now,” she said. Jones and McMaster, who were among the nine parents at Saturday’s protest, are working on creating a nonprofit to raise the funds needed. “It’s not about pointing fingers or taking away inclusion,"said McMaster. “It’s about having a public option where kids with autism can learn life skills and education, and all resources can be in one place,” she added.
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