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Jenna Mancini Rufo
Nov 117 min read
We Don't Have Enough Staff
“I’m going to say something you’re not going to like…” This was my reluctant response to a group of 35 elementary school teachers during...
Jenna Mancini Rufo
Sep 203 min read
You can't possibly mean THAT kid...
“You can’t possibly mean THAT kid?!” “What could THAT student with autism get out of my class?” “Wouldn’t THAT student with Down Syndrome...
Jenna Mancini Rufo
May 117 min read
Who Does This Mom Think She Is?
A Letter to My Child’s Doctors/Nurses/Therapists/Social Worker, etc… Dear Doctor, You’ve met a lot of moms. These moms often share...
Jenna Mancini Rufo
Mar 232 min read
Sock Hypocrisy
Another year gone by, another World Down Syndrome Day in the books. For me, it’s another year where something doesn’t sit quite right. ...
Jenna Mancini Rufo
Feb 253 min read
How to Sabotage Inclusion Through Scheduling
ATTENTION, PRINCIPALS! Do you want to sabotage inclusion? Set your teachers up for failure? Send kids back to self-contained classrooms?...
Kate Small
Feb 134 min read
How Love Languages Hold The Key to Inclusion
If you’re a devoted inclusionist, you likely spend lots of time racking your brain for the optimal tactic to reshape the belief systems...
Jenna Mancini Rufo
Jan 46 min read
Education and Medicine: What Two Broken Systems Have in Common and How To Fix It
Medicine and K-12 education have a lot in common…and it’s not the good stuff. I arrived at this conclusion during an unexpected hospital...
Megan Klementisz
Oct 24, 20234 min read
The Magic of Inclusive Change
When you were little, did you ever end up with a nickname that made you want to crawl into a hole? Were you tall? You’re dubbed “Legs.” ...
Jenna Mancini Rufo
Aug 20, 20235 min read
Walking The Tightrope As District Office Barbie
Early on in my administrative career, I was asked to speak on a panel that would be live-streamed to the community. It was my first...
Kate Small
Aug 4, 20234 min read
Becoming an Inclusionista
The year was 2011. Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” was trending at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and I had just accepted my first...
Jenna Mancini Rufo
Mar 21, 20232 min read
World Down Syndrome Day...What Have Socks Got To Do With It?
Happy World Down Syndrome Day! In honor of World Down Syndrome Day, or WDSD, sport your most colorful and creative socks on 3/21. But...
Jenna Mancini Rufo
Jan 6, 20234 min read
The Problem with "Alternative Curriculum" and "Functional Skills"
Years ago, when I was a special education director transitioning a school district to a more inclusive service delivery model, I put out...
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