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Corporate Sponsorship
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    • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
    • Date Created: 1999
    • Description: The cartoon shows two people one in a wheelchair and one pushing the wheelchair wearing a sandwich board. On the sandwich board it says "Edna's House of Thimbles" The tag line reads "In an effort to cut the costs of special education, Central High School pursues corporate sponsorship for each of its staff."
    • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants


    Inclusive Proverb
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      • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
      • Date Created: 1999
      • Description: The cartoon shows a couple having Chinese food. In the right of the panel the man has a lot of fortune cookies broken in front of him. The woman in the left of the panel says, "Don't you think that's enough? We have to do something!" The man responds, "I'm hoping to keep opening fortune cookies until I get on that says, 'Your child will be appropriately supported in general education.'" The tag line reads "Not so ancient inclusive proverb: Take Action! Persistence overcomes resistance."
      • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants


      Dart Board
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        • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
        • Date Created: 1999
        • Description: The cartoon shows two men in front of a dart board. On the dart board there are 6 sections, there are pieces of paper tacked in each section. The papers say in clockwise order, River Rd, Central High, West Middle, Grand Ave, Main Street, and East Middle The Man in the lower left corner of the panel reads from a list in his hand and says, "Next is April Baker, occupational therapist. Where will we assign her next year?" The man in the lower right corner has a blindfold on and is holding a dart in his right hand ready to throw it at the dart board. He says, "Let's find out!" The tag line reads "Parents finally discover why their children seem to have new support staff every year."
        • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants


        No Dumping!
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          • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
          • Date Created: 2000
          • Description: The cartoon shows a large red circle with a diagonal slash across an image of a dump truck that is dumping kids with disabilities at the front door of a school. The sign on the truck says, "We Haul That's All" The woman at the front of the school is yelling, "Hey Wait!" and the truck driver says back to her, "Sorry, supports not included in cost of delivery." The tag lines reads, "NO DUMPING!"
          • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks


          Swimming Lessons
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            • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
            • Date Created: 1999
            • Description: The cartoon shows three panels. The top panel shows kids playing in a pool with a ball and a man standing at the side of the pool talking to a small child. He is saying "Stop! You can't swim so you are not allowed in the pool!" A small caption in the lower right corner of the panel reads "Long Ago." The second panel shows two men throwing a child into a pool. The child is yelling, "AHHHH" The one man says "We'll throw you in. You'll either sink or swim." A small caption in the right corner of the panel reads "Not so long ago." The third panel shows two guys in a pool one has a inner tube on and the other one is helping him. The helper says "We'll start your swimming lessons with some fun activities and supports that we'll fade out later." A small caption in the right lower corner reads "Today" The tag line reads "The evolution of swimming lessons: surprisingly similar to the evolution of including students with disabilities in general education."
            • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants


            Skyrocket
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              • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
              • Date Created: 2007
              • Description: This cartoon shows two people outside looking up at a star-filled night sky as they see something bright streaking up and across it. One person points to it and asks, "What's that?" The other person calmly says, "Oh, that's skyrocketing use of special education paraprofessionals." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Out of Sight!"
              • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, CD Only


              Large Caseloads
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                • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
                • Date Created: 1999
                • Description: The cartoon shows a woman sitting at a desk in the dark with just one light on, papers all around and a calculator in her hands. She says "Looks like I have an average of six minutes a day to support each of my students with disabilities in regular class. That includes planning, assessing, adapting, teaching, consulting, evaluating, communicating with parents, supervising paraprofessionals..." The tag line reads "Large caseloads for special educators: The numbers just don't add up!"
                • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants


                Natural Support
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                  • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
                  • Date Created: 1999
                  • Description: The cartoon shows a man sitting at a desk talking on the phone in a room full of boxes of 100% cotton sports bras and 100% cotton jock straps. The man says to the person on the phone, "What do you mean I got the wrong thing?!" The tag line reads "Natural Supports Breathe; when used appropriately, they make things feel more comfortable."
                  • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants


                  Mission Impossible
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                    • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
                    • Date Created: 1999
                    • Description: The cartoon shows a man sitting in an airplane with headphones on listening to a tape player. The message says "Good morning Mr. Phelps. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to provide special education supports for a caseload of 40 students with a wide range of disabilities who are placed in General Education classes. This tape will self destruct..." The tag line reads "Mission Impossible."
                    • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants


                    Remodeling
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                      • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
                      • Date Created: 1999
                      • Description: The cartoon shows six men all doing different tasks trying to remodel a bathroom and all of them are getting in each others way and making a mess of things. The tag line reads, "If we remodeled bathrooms the way we delivered support services using a specialist-reliant model..."
                      • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants