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District marks Autism Acceptance Month; staff and paraprofessional urge daily inclusion and peer education
3784201 · April 17, 2025
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Summary
During Autism Acceptance Month, district staff and a Bethel Elementary paraprofessional described peer‑education, early intervention, AAC supports and district efforts to make schools more communication inclusive.
School board members heard an Autism Acceptance Month presentation from Melissa Foster, a paraprofessional at Bethel Elementary and chair of the special‑education advisory committee, who urged daily inclusion, peer education and increased parent supports.
Foster described autism spectrum disorder as a wide and varied neurodevelopmental…
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