Shanon Taylor
@drspedinnv.bsky.social
Professor of special education at Univ. of NV, Reno. All posts mine. Former teacher of E/BD students. Mom, WIFE + 🐈⬛
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8542-1765
https://www.unr.edu/education/about/faculty-and-staff/department-educator-preparation/shanon-taylor
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8542-1765
https://www.unr.edu/education/about/faculty-and-staff/department-educator-preparation/shanon-taylor
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let me just say Harry Reid would NEVER have allowed this
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
let me just say Harry Reid would NEVER have allowed this
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
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JD's family has spent $35M on vacations. Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date. Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term. All our tax dollars. But you think single moms getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations. Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date. Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term. All our tax dollars. But you think single moms getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
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A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies. n.pr/47wPCJg
Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment
A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies.
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies. n.pr/47wPCJg
New article on using low-intensity behavioral strategies with a focus on older students! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DGWUG...
Low-Intensity Strategies: Proactive Behavior and Classroom Management That Work for Adolescents
Many middle and high school teachers report struggling with behavior and classroom management. Teachers often resort to reactive strategies, intervening only after disruptive behavior occurs, and o...
www.tandfonline.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New article on using low-intensity behavioral strategies with a focus on older students! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DGWUG...
Paws up for a snooze
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Paws up for a snooze
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“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
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Who says we don't need civics education in this country?
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Who says we don't need civics education in this country?
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Access aisles (the diagonally-striped spaces) are a key aspect of accessible, safe parking for disabled drivers and passengers. Please not block them, especially at polling locations. More here:
Accessible Parking Spaces
The ADA requires businesses, non-profits, and state/local governments to provide parking spaces accessible to people with disabilities.
www.ada.gov
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Access aisles (the diagonally-striped spaces) are a key aspect of accessible, safe parking for disabled drivers and passengers. Please not block them, especially at polling locations. More here:
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🔔 STARTING SOON
Starting tomorrow, nearly 60,000 students across 41 states could lose access to #HeadStart.
🚨🖍️🚨
NEXT WEEK, our #EarlyEd expert @carriegill.bsky.social will discuss why these critical programs are an essential part of the early learning ecosystem.
...and why we should expand and fully fund them.
🚨🖍️🚨
NEXT WEEK, our #EarlyEd expert @carriegill.bsky.social will discuss why these critical programs are an essential part of the early learning ecosystem.
...and why we should expand and fully fund them.
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🔔 STARTING SOON
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I will never forgive Andrew Wakefield, Jenny McCarthy, the Parents' Rights movement, every "just asking questions" anti-data asshole, and everyone who thinks that reading some blog posts "doing my own research" is more valuable than rigorous scientific study.
More dead children, more disability.
More dead children, more disability.
Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com @erikaedwards.bsky.social
Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next.
Neither country has been able to stop continuous spread of the highly contagious virus within the past year.
www.nbcnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I will never forgive Andrew Wakefield, Jenny McCarthy, the Parents' Rights movement, every "just asking questions" anti-data asshole, and everyone who thinks that reading some blog posts "doing my own research" is more valuable than rigorous scientific study.
More dead children, more disability.
More dead children, more disability.
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Imagine being as rich as the McMahon's and still having this much hate in your heart for like Kindergarten teachers
This billionaire is trolling hardworking educators—and making jokes about gutting supports for special needs kids.
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Imagine being as rich as the McMahon's and still having this much hate in your heart for like Kindergarten teachers
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"it reframes the teacher shortage not only as a question of supply, but also as an issue of status and opportunity, raising important questions about how to recruit, support, and elevate teaching to make it both accessible and appealing to the next generation."
edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...
edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...
Who Wants to Be a Teacher in America?
This study shows the teacher pipeline through the same lens as other professions, and the contrasts are stark. Unlike nursing or social work, teaching struggles to attract students of color. Unlike la...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"it reframes the teacher shortage not only as a question of supply, but also as an issue of status and opportunity, raising important questions about how to recruit, support, and elevate teaching to make it both accessible and appealing to the next generation."
edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...
edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...
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This billionaire is trolling hardworking educators—and making jokes about gutting supports for special needs kids.
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This billionaire is trolling hardworking educators—and making jokes about gutting supports for special needs kids.
Almost let #NationalCatDay slip past without acknowledging these cuties!
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Almost let #NationalCatDay slip past without acknowledging these cuties!
Today in presidential speeches …
a man wearing a white shirt and a mask says magnets how do they work
Alt: Famous meme of member of the Insane Clown Posse dressed in a white oversized hoodie with a face painted with white clown face paint and black accents around his eyes, nose, and mouth says magnets how do they work
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Today in presidential speeches …
A local restaurant serves nachos on homemade crispy chicken skins, and my carb-watching prediabetic self loves them just for this.
October 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A local restaurant serves nachos on homemade crispy chicken skins, and my carb-watching prediabetic self loves them just for this.
Facts. All my ancestors just came here from Germany, Holland, and one lone Irishwoman, and stepped off the boat & went to Cincinnati. Settled, married, had kids and … here we are.
Until nearly the turn of the 20th century, borders were just open for the most part. Like, REALLY open. You could take a ship to the US and get off wherever and just live there. You could cross the land borders too. There were no passports or visas.
October 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Facts. All my ancestors just came here from Germany, Holland, and one lone Irishwoman, and stepped off the boat & went to Cincinnati. Settled, married, had kids and … here we are.
Coming soon to a campus near you 😬
Reports of ICE on DePaul campus right now, stopping students, asking for papers. Be alert out there!
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Coming soon to a campus near you 😬
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More info about these projects -
Project RESPECT: www.wiseinstitute.net/project-resp...
Project SUSTAIN: education.ufl.edu/sustain/
SPARC Center: sparccenter.org
More info about our program:
PhD program: www.bu.edu/wheelock/deg...
Special Education Program: www.bu.edu/wheelock/deg...
Project RESPECT: www.wiseinstitute.net/project-resp...
Project SUSTAIN: education.ufl.edu/sustain/
SPARC Center: sparccenter.org
More info about our program:
PhD program: www.bu.edu/wheelock/deg...
Special Education Program: www.bu.edu/wheelock/deg...
Project RESPECT – WISE
www.wiseinstitute.net
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
More info about these projects -
Project RESPECT: www.wiseinstitute.net/project-resp...
Project SUSTAIN: education.ufl.edu/sustain/
SPARC Center: sparccenter.org
More info about our program:
PhD program: www.bu.edu/wheelock/deg...
Special Education Program: www.bu.edu/wheelock/deg...
Project RESPECT: www.wiseinstitute.net/project-resp...
Project SUSTAIN: education.ufl.edu/sustain/
SPARC Center: sparccenter.org
More info about our program:
PhD program: www.bu.edu/wheelock/deg...
Special Education Program: www.bu.edu/wheelock/deg...
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This is unbelievably ableist. Even if you offer accommodations for disabilities, you're making it extra hard on any students with disabilities, forcing them to take extra steps. You're also outing their disabilities if they use a laptop. And for students undiagnosed? They're screwed.
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This is unbelievably ableist. Even if you offer accommodations for disabilities, you're making it extra hard on any students with disabilities, forcing them to take extra steps. You're also outing their disabilities if they use a laptop. And for students undiagnosed? They're screwed.
Exterior of the East Wing last December 😢
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Exterior of the East Wing last December 😢
I am teaching my Foundations of Special Education and Disability History class this semester. It’s every other year & I’ve taught it since 2017. Hits really different this semester than ever for reasons like this.
An eminent ER doctor says Trump’s shutdown talk mirrors “eugenics.”
Public Health Professor Warns Trump’s ‘Eugenics’ Policy Echoes Nazism
Eminent ER doctor says Trump’s shutdown push defies the law.
trib.al
October 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I am teaching my Foundations of Special Education and Disability History class this semester. It’s every other year & I’ve taught it since 2017. Hits really different this semester than ever for reasons like this.
Me, after four years of IB French <sigh>
Why didn’t I choose Spanish?
Why didn’t I choose Spanish?
boeuf boruginoh. beofu burgening. no. fuck. the. beoug bourgenes. wrong. uh. fuck
October 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Me, after four years of IB French <sigh>
Why didn’t I choose Spanish?
Why didn’t I choose Spanish?