by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 8, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
Parents, teachers express concern over MNPS cuts NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Around 130 Metro special education professionals are out of a job and wondering what happens next. Metro Nashville Public Schools announced positions would be cut, because federal...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 7, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
If you live in Tennessee, now you can wear your autism consciousness on your bumper–and not just via a magnetic ribbon or a sticker….We're talking a beautiful license plate (matches me blog right nice, eh?) co-designed by the talented Mary Sweeney of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 4, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Lack Of Funding Forces Metro Schools To Lay Off Some Aides NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Parents of special needs children who attend Nashville schools have expressed outrage after discovering that over one hundred classroom aides were let go on the last day of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 3, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!
Parents oppose job cuts for MNPS classroom assistants Posted: Jun 01, 2012 6:40 PM CDT Updated: Jun 01, 2012 6:53 PM CDT Reported by Josh DeVine – email NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – Controversial cuts to special education have some Metro parents fired...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 1, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Motherhood, Nashville!
My last post update on our book, From Heartache to Hope: Middle Tennessee Families Living with Autism, is here. I also wanted to show you how pretty our book looks–see above–at internationally recognized Parnassus Books–Nashville's new little gem...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 31, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Today and Friday, Nashville hosts its' 10th annual Tennessee Disability Megaconference. I'll be speaking twice on Friday: 10:30, Salon B: "The DisAbility Journey: Loss, Grief & the Path to Acceptance." I'm taking my personalized version of...
