The Ideal School is a leader in the fight for a more equitable society. They are practicing full inclusion and nurturing their students abilities to create real change in the world through compassion and self- empowerment. Co-founder of the The Ideal School, Audra Zucherman explains, “When we talk about inclusion what we’re talking about is diversity.”

U.S. Education Department is telling schools they must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide equal alternative options.

Standing together for inclusion, communication and civil rights. Please include all kids in your classroom.

Henry met Tracy, Larry, Harvey Lavoy, and Pascal Cheng on June 9, 2011. It was a very special day, one that would change Henry’s life forever.

But after watching Wretches and Jabberers, a film about autism and self-advocacy, Henry’s way of interacting with the world changed radically. He realized that he had a voice, could use it, and had a right to participate in discussions about his education and life.

Henry wrote about inclusion for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, read the entire article here. Ari Ne’eman, president of the ASAN, had an enormous impact …

Henry Frost had a pretty simple goal: he wanted to go to school like any other kid.

How did we get here? How did we get to a point that our 13 year old son has to fight for the rights that are already his under federal law? How did we get to a place where a pretty reserved kid has the courage, the will, to do this?

Henry Miles Frost and his service dog, Denzel, protest outside a downtown Tampa building during the Republican National Convention. Since he posted the photo to …

What Henry is doing is advocating for his rights, at the same time that he reminds us of our own rights and about how far we still have to go.