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In this short musing, I talk about the difference between special education practitioners and attorneys who work in the special education field.  There are significant differences and its important know what each does.

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In the United States, Person First Language is mandated for use in education through IDEA. This means defining others as people first and not being defined by their disability.  For example, John has autism.  Not John is autistic.  However, for autism in particular, there is some controversy about this concept. In other developed countries Person First Language is not used.  And I have seen recent research articles that study school age student's attitudes, and they are not necessarily using person first language.   I'll discuss what (I think) is the current state of affairs.     

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This episode explains two pieces of special education law that you may not be familiar with.  First, IEP meetings must be held at a mutually agreed on time and place (https://sites.ed.gov/idea/regs/b/d/300.322).  

The second piece is that you can have IEP meetings without actually meeting.  For minor changes to an IEP, such as changing an accommodation, there are provisions in the law that allow a "meetingless meeting" (https://adayinourshoes.com/no-meet-iep-addendum/).