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Angelina Leo, an Exeter High School senior, said that without the special education services she received throughout her time in school, she wouldn’t even be able to speak. Leo, who has physical and learning disabilities, sees herself as an example of why special education works. She can now read and write. She also has siblings […]

Mary Kae Marinac, of Andover, Massachusetts, once heard some advice at an autism conference that stuck with her. “I heard that parents need to find their child’s special skills and use those as a hook to get into the neurotypical world,” she said. “And so I use that as a mantra.” Marinac’s twin sons, Will […]