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Miami's Community Newspapers·June 8, 2026Miami-Dade County

The Miami Principal Who Tells Failing Kids the School Failed Them | Miami Autism Dad

Miami Autism Dad Victor Antunez interviews Barbie Rivera, Founder and Principal of H.E.L.P. Miami, an accredited K-12 micro-school, and author of Enough Is Enough! The conversation goes back to 1991, 10 days into the school year, when school teacher told Barbie her bright, bilin…

Miami Autism Dad Victor Antunez interviews Barbie Rivera, Founder and Principal of H.E.L.P. Miami, an accredited K-12 micro-school, and author of Enough Is Enough! The conversation goes back to 1991, 10 days into the school year, when school teacher told Barbie her bright, bilingual 6-year-old son Damon was “mentally handicapped” and would need a lifelong ADHD prescription to learn. Barbie disagreed. She pulled Damon out, started teaching him herself in 1992, and that one decision grew into the K-12 private school she runs today. …

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Sourced from Miami's Community Newspapers · indexed by Statura on June 8, 2026. Statura indexes Florida political news and tags it by industry and jurisdiction so government-affairs teams can monitor signal without scanning every outlet by hand. Read the full story at Miami's Community Newspapers

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