Alison Zagona

Collaborative Approaches to Impactful Special Education Leadership New Opportunity for Prospective PhD Students! A unique doctoral program funded by a grant through the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.    Collaborative Approaches to...

Interested in earning a PhD in Special Education with a focus on collaboration and special education leadership? Join us for a Q and A session Jan 22 to learn more! #EduSky

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*Grabs megaphone* 📢

It's the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

What do we want? ACCESSIBILITY!

When did we want it? 35 years ago!

Thirty-Five Years After the ADA, Disability Advocates Fight for Survival Thirty-five years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability rights activists returned to Capitol Hill to rally against a tax and spending bill that threatens to strip ...

I’m quoted in this article about the impact of Medicaid cuts in the near future. I wish my disabled rage came out more

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Printed newspaper with the header, "Kennedy's Dangerous Autism Claims." Letters to the editor are below.

Over the past couple weeks, autism has been part of many conversations on here and in the news. Read my latest letter to the editor of @nytimes.com, available online and in print.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...

Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.

Oh, absolutely. But even if this was an accurate portrayal of autism (it’s not) his rhetoric and behavior still wouldn’t be okay.

I want to live in a world where someone’s right to exist isn’t conditional on their productive capacity, ability to write a poem, or go to the bathroom unassisted.

“Autism destroys families.”

No. No, it doesn’t. A lack of resources does that. Cutting programs and services does that. Spreading false information does that.

Video Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism study Colin Killick, executive director of the Autism Self Advocacy Network, joins ABC News Live to discuss how HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s comments about autistic people impact the community.

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Four years ago I wrote my inaugural poem The Hill We Climb. Both when I wrote it and performed it, I did so while continuously reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King’s legacy.

Special ed students benefit from being integrated at school. It doesn't always happen Research shows including students with and without disabilities in the same classroom can benefit everyone. Two students with Down syndrome show what can be gained when that happens.

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