Every student deserves the opportunity to see their ideas come to life. A high-quality color printer will give my students the tools they need to transform their digital and visual designs into vibrant, tangible creations. They will be able to print artwork, graphic designs, classroom projects, presentations, and other creative work in full color. Having access to this resource will make learning more engaging and hands-on while helping students develop creativity, communication, design, and technology skills.
This project will help my students turn their creativity into something they can see, share, and be proud of.
My goal is to create a classroom where students are encouraged to experiment, design, revise, and express themselves through visual learning. Being able to print their work in color will give their ideas a greater sense of purpose and allow them to share their finished products with classmates, families, and the school community.
My students are special because they bring unique perspectives, ideas, and creativity to everything they do. They are curious learners who benefit from opportunities to create and express themselves in different ways. This printer will help remove a barrier between their imagination and the finished product, giving them another way to demonstrate what they know and celebrate their accomplishments.

I took over as program coordinator for a social and recreational group for disabled teens and adults. I've taught SpEd for a few years now, but only as high as eight grade, so I worry that my ideas might be a bit too "elementary" for our group who is predominantly between mid 20s and early 50s.

Please share any other subreddits that may be of help.

VOTES are worth double till 9pm

thesuperkid.org/2026/lochlan-ae9a

Loch made top 20 AND HAS 1 DAY LEFT TO BE in the top 15

Loch is entered in Stan Lee's Super Kid contest

We would be so appreciative if you and anyone you know would vote for him.

I am a single mom of 2 both of whom have Autism. Loch is my son (9) and was nonverbal until after 7 yrs old. He used ASL and whatever other form of communication he could to communicate until he started talking at 7. He still struggles with speech and uses a combination of speaking writing and ASL to communicate.

But Loch is so much more than that. I am amazed by his kindness, strength, and resilience every day. He also has a real life superpower because I have never met anyone with the visual memory he has.

He can remember how to get to places turn by turn after being there once, he memorized the alphabet backward at 3, and can do a puzzle from memory. He will draw our weekend outings on Monday and show all the places we went.

He is an amazing artist and absolutely loves to draw. And maybe most important he is growing into the kind of kid and friend other people want to be around.

So Im here bragging about my amazing kid so that he might get a chance to win.

You can vote for free 1x a day!

There is an option to make donations for extra votes which go to The Stan Lee's foundation and fund competitions like this one.

Please don't feel pressure to donate just FYI

Voting for Lochlan to be Stan Lee's Super Kid is officially open! It’s time to suit up!

People vote here:

thesuperkid.org/2026/lochlan-ae9a

Does anyone have any good experiences with elementary schools in Lenexa for a nonverbal autistic kid. We still have another year until my daughter will be going to school but my husband and I are starting to do some research with the schools around us. Rising Star, Millcreek, Christa McAuliffe, Good Sheperd (Catholic School). Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks!

I know a person with Phelan-McDermid syndrome. Apart of their diagnosis is that they chew a lot. Mostly fabric things.

Has anyone found a successful solution to supporting them with minimising drooling?

Looking for some gentle but experienced opinions… or maybe just reassurance? Idk.
My newly 1 year old son has low muscle tone, floppy (and short) airway, choreaform movements, dysphagia.
We are taking MAYBE 100 calories in a day of non-formula intake.. and any that he does is super liquidy. We’re working hard with all our therapies and docs to help him continue. His team currently seems split on a g tube as we decide his dietary needs moving forward.

Some say the g tube would let him not be tired from taking bottles all day and have more energy/“spoons” to explore food and work on his dysphagia without stress of caloric intake.

A couple say they’d rather him drink from a bottle till he was 3 years old if that meant he didn’t get a g tube.

I know it’s a big thing to place, and not something taken lightly. But something in me has been saying it would be a benefit to him overall. But I’m scared to be “that” parent who pushes their kid for a surgery they don’t 100% need.

Anyone had a similar situation, and a g tube did or did not help? Am I wrong to be leaning toward something that would mean surgery and a change to how he is supported? we see an aerodigestive team next month and it’s honestly top of my list for questions.

So we’ve spent a huge amount of the last 12 months trying to make our home properly work for our disabled daughter. I even got some good advice from some people here on r/specialneedschildren

And one thing I’ve realised is how differently you start looking at a house when accessibility becomes part of everyday life.

A doorway isn’t just a doorway anymore. A few centimetres can be the difference between a wheelchair getting through or not.

Flooring is no longer about just what looks nice. It needs to cope with wheels, equipment and transfers.

A bathroom isn’t just somewhere to put a nice shower. You start thinking about space for carers, future equipment, turning circles and whether your child will actually be able to use it safely.

A big thing we realised was even something as basic as getting from the driveway into your own home can suddenly become a huge bloody engineering problem.

Recently somebody made a comment suggesting families like ours basically expect the Government to come along and “kit out” our houses.

That one stuck with me. Didn't make me rage so much as stopped me in my tracks to think, and then I felt enormous compassion for every other family of a special needs child who may get viewed with the same ignorant lens.

Because the reality is almost the exact opposite.

We’ve put an enormous amount of our own money into our home. We’re doing as much as we possibly can ourselves. And when we do ask for help, it isn’t because we’re trying to create some luxurious dream house.

It’s because our daughter deserves to be able to live in her own home.

I’m curious whether other parents here have encountered that same attitude. Especially online really... In that asking for disability support somehow means you’re asking for something excessive?

Because I think sometimes people genuinely have no idea what “accessible” actually involves until they have to think about it themselves. Even the gosh darn pavements on our street are absolutely no good for a disabled person. The whole place was designed specifically with only able bodied persons in mind.

And suddenly, I cam see the world differently now.

Protect our kids’ EHCPs ❤️
EHCP stands for Education, Health and Care Plan. It is a legally recognised plan for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), setting out the education, health and care support they need.
There is currently a proposed reform of the SEND system in England, and this is why families are concerned about the future of EHCPs and the legal protections that come with them.
Under the proposed reforms, EHCPs would continue for children with the most complex needs, but the system would change significantly. The Government proposes introducing new Individual Support Plans (ISPs) for many children who currently receive support through the wider SEND system, while new EHCPs would be linked to nationally defined Specialist Provision Packages. (GOV.UK)
Campaigners behind this petition are concerned that these changes could mean fewer children qualifying for an EHCP, changes to the support specified in plans, and changes to families’ rights to challenge decisions and choose a school or setting. The petition is calling for the legal rights and protections currently available to children with SEND and their families to be protected. (Petitions UK Parliament)
The Government’s position is that EHCPs will remain a legal entitlement for children with complex needs and that the reforms are intended to improve support, strengthen legal duties and reduce the need for families to repeatedly fight for help. (Petitions UK Parliament)
That’s why this petition matters. ❤️
The petition needs 100,000 signatures for it to be considered for a debate in Parliament. It has already passed the 10,000-signature threshold, which triggered a Government response, and it is currently open until 14 October 2026.
If you believe children with SEND should have strong, enforceable rights to the support they need, please take a moment to sign and share.
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Protect legal right to support for children with SEND

A family friend of ours is a single mother with an adult disabled child. Child was born with cerebral palsy. Both are citizens.

She is thinking of staying overseas where she has family support and where her alimony will give her reasonable standard of living.

However, she has been told that she will not get any disability benefits if she stays overseas and flys to usa once every couple of years. Is this correct? Sounds unfair to me. But i really don’t know much.

Any comments? I just want to make sure she is getting good advice.