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Cyndi Abundabar Ting — When Emotional Disability Is the Missing Piece
In this conversation, Michelle sits down with Cyndi Abundabar Ting—special education teacher, longtime instructional aide, and special needs mom—to unpack one of the most misunderstood eligibility categories in special education: ED, or Emotional Disability.
Cyndi shares:
Why ED is often misunderstood. Many parents hear “emotional disability” and immediately think of extreme psychiatric diagnoses, but ED can also describe students whose daily emotional dysregulation, trauma responses, anxiety, or behavioral outbursts are significantly affecting their ability to access school.
What the signs…
The skinny
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