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education plan, within either the public or private
school setting. Debbie has been a wife for over 35
years to the father of four incredible blessings, and
their fourth blessing is now a teenager with Down
syndrome. Debbie’s love of her work is evident, and
she considers it a gift to participate alongside par-
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psychologist who, prior to
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practice, worked exten-
sively with children, teens, and adults on the autism
spectrum. She coauthored The Loving Push: How
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contributed two chapters (one coauthored with Dr.
Temple Grandin) to The Nine Degrees Parenting
of Autism (2015)
and wrote the chapter Internet and Magazine
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listening, reading, speaking, and writing. This includes
her son, her third child, who, shortly after birth, was
diagnosed as deaf, autistic, and severely mentally dis-
abled. Combining her maternal instinct with her knowl-
edge of the brain science of communication, she was
able to identify the problem and develop training that
eventually completely eradicated all of the child’s symp-
toms. He is now a college graduate and a chemical engi-
neer. She wrote
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school district in NJ. He is also the owner of Pangaro
Training and Management, a company that provides
training to the public and private sectors on a host of
topics. Mr. Pangaro is also a staff writer for the maga-
zine NJ Blue Now.
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