“As an honor student, the general education classroom in my local public schools with itinerant vision services was legally the LRE, and as a result of these experiences, I learned resiliency, self-advocacy, independence, determination, and adaptability… Truth be told though; public school was sometimes the most restrictive environment, especially in terms of my social-emotional well-being and acceptance of my disability.”

Excerpted from The Gift of the Continuum of Services blog post