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Amy resides in Hermitage, Pennsylvania with her son Sebastian, husband Ken, and three feline children.  She is a mother and advocate to a son with Asperger's Syndrome. After dealing with the local school district's inability to educate her son, Amy has become a devoted advocate to all children with special needs.

Recently Amy was hired as Pittsburgh Special Education Examiner for the Examiner.com where she reports on Special Education issues as they pertain to the Western Pennsylvania region.

In the past, she has worked with the following advocacy groups:  ARC of Pennsylvania Systems and Governmental Affairs, Early Childhood and Education subcommittee member, Pennsylvania Gaskin Settlement Agreement, Overall Implementation subcommittee member, Right to Education Local Task Force, Green Grannies and Friends for Clean Air, Healthy Kids committee, Mothers of Asthmatics Member (AANMA), American Lung Association Parent Outreach, Pennsylvania Families Together for Autism, Autism Society of America Member, Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), and Families Against Restraint and Seclusion (national).