US disability law outpaces Canadian accommodations for autistic children

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I accepted a chair at Rutgers University in 2018 in part as a Hail Mary. Rutgers is known for its research into neurodiversity, and New Jersey is renowned for having some of the best accommodations for children like T. in its public schools. As a Canadian used to feeling some pride in our public health and education systems, it was a surprise to learn that the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act were significantly tougher tools than anything we had north of the border, and that parents in New Jersey had been using the hell out of them to push the local schools to provide meaningful access for their kids. — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 638

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• SHARE: A specific, surprising comparison a Canadian friend or anyone in disability advocacy would appreciate — the ADA and IDEA as tougher tools than anything Canada has.