Stacey Shubitz
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 3 Feb
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I realized that not everyone has that network of people that they can tap into.
So basically, what I did once we were out of the thick of things in K through six, I said, wow, first of all, we survived that.
If we could survive that, we could survive middle school.
And we did as well.
I realized I wanted to share what I had learned because there's no roadmap for getting through this as a parent.
When your child has a disability, it's like getting in a car.
With or without your GPS.
You might be able to get to where you're going.
But it's much easier if you have your GPS, or for those of us who grew up in the 80s maps, I'm still a map person as well.
So I was hoping to give people that lay of the land and help them know.
where they were going, what they could expect, and some friendly advice.
I think first and foremost, the special education system is complex.
It's a bureaucracy.
And it's emotionally taxing.
There's so much to know and there's so much being thrown at you all at once, lots of jargon that's unfamiliar, unclear processes, timelines, it's just everything all at once.
And there also feels like there's sometimes a power imbalance between the parent and the school.
And this can create frustration.
So I think that the initial steps that people can take when they're starting out with this is first just to educate themselves, learning about the federal and state laws and how that impacts them, what their rights are, what the processes.
Are in their state.
They can get really organized, have all their documents together, just starting in a dedicated folder.
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