Growing up, Nate Diskint, B.S. ’12, shared a lot—bedroom walls, laughs, rivalries and memories—with his little brother, Jeremy. But they didn’t seem to share society’s expectations.
Jeremy has Down syndrome, and Diskint recalled the struggles for Jeremy to be included in the classroom, even as federal law—the IDEA ACT—mandated students with special needs receive a free, appropriate public education. Perhaps nothing illustrated that more than one of Jeremy’s elementary school class photos. The teacher was on one end. In the middle was the class, with all the students together. Then the aide on the other side. And then Jeremy at the very end...