Your letters to the editor for Nov. 2, 2025, as submitted: Protect 50 years of progress for students with disabilities My brother Art was born in 1961 with Down syndrome and leukemia. At that time, doctors told my parents to place him in an institution. They refused. Instead, they said, “We’ll take him home and love him as long as we can.” And they did— for more than 56 years—and he enriched the lives of everyone who got to know him. When Art was a child, there were few, if any, early intervention services, no specialized early childhood programs, and...