Summary: In 1992 during the early days of the autism epidemic, Sally Colletti tried to register her son with autism in kindergarten at her local elementary school in New York. The teachers in the district went on strike, taking a stance against being forced to teach “those” children. When her son was in the third grade Sally was informed of an action against her son that was so out of bounds that Sally was required to agree to a gag order in order to effect a settlement. It was at that moment that Sally decided that the next day was going to be her son’s first day with home schooling. This forceful advocate for special need’s children tells me about her journey and what she learned in her two year experiment with home schooling, and then what happened after the home schooling ended and her son returned to public school. A “drafted” journey, Sally Colletti—her experiment with home schooling.
