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Young Man Runs a Business: He Also Has Down Syndrome and Autism

Young Man Runs a Business: He Also Has Down Syndrome and Autism

Joe Steffy is off to Overland Park, Kansas this week to do a PowerPoint presentation on his business, Poppin' Joes Kettle Corn. He's a 23-year-old small-business man with a goal of $100,000 in sales by 2012. Joe also has autism and Down syndrome and is nonverbal.

State Schools Chief Jack O'Connell Announces New Web Resource to Help Educators Close Achievement Gap

State Schools Chief Jack O'Connell Announces New Web Resource to Help Educators Close Achievement Gap

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell announced today a new California Department of Education Web resource for educators called Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTI2).

Children Forced Into Cell-like School Seclusion Rooms

Children Forced Into Cell-like School Seclusion Rooms

It's reasonable to think that it could happen in all the other schools that use seclusion on disabled children --