New Information that I Learned

After read these few blog posts, I learned a lot of new information. While I have known that many people avoid eye contact when answering a question (I myself do this), I did not realize that it is considered appropriate for autistic children. I say this because I know a big part of educating autistic children is teaching them eye contact; with this new finding, it is being shown that it is perfectly normal and even beneficial for autistic students to look away when answering questions. I was also surprised to learn that private special education is cheaper than public school special education. I wonder, however, if parents know about this? I ask because I have seen and observed a private special education school and it was incredible compared to another public special education school I observed; I am sure parents would rather their children be in the better school. Finally, I was happy to read about the accommodations being made for special education students in standardized, federal tests; I know that there was a lot of debate surrounding the No Child Left Behind Act because it did not take into account the lack of accommodation for special needs students and therefore rated them poorly.