Parents built special education. Now they’re fighting to save it

Podcast: Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids · Jessica Shaw, Understood.org

Opublikowano: 2026-10-15

In 1975, a federal law promised every child with a disability a free appropriate public education. Fifty years later, that promise is on shaky ground. Jessica talks with education reporter Anya Kamenetz, host of Understood’s podcast series Zero Reject, about cuts at the Office for Civil Rights, the roughly 25,000 complaints left in limbo, and why meetings for Individualized Education Programs, or IEPs, feel like a battle. Plus: the parents who built special education, and what gives Anya hope. For more on this topic Listen: Zero Reject: The Uncertain Future of Special EducationRead: What is the Office for...