Meriden parents organized a Strides for Neurodiversity Walk on October 10 to support special-education programs and press for state action, according to CT Mirror’s October 12 reporting.
Organizer Jess LaMay told the outlet the event raised about $2,500. The report places the fundraiser alongside families’ concerns about staffing, services and communication.
CT Mirror describes statewide shortages of special-education teachers and paraprofessionals, plus districts’ exposure to substantial outplacement and transportation costs. Its corrected account identifies Daniel Crispino as Meriden’s assistant superintendent of student supports and elementary education.
This regional brief reports those attributed concerns without naming children or presenting one district’s experience as proof of conditions in every Eastern Connecticut school.