News Story: "History Whiz Fights for Diploma"

From a recent News story in the Nashville "Elizabethton Star":

• "NASHVILLE (AP) -- The father of an 18-year-old Nashville student with a form of autism has sued the state because his son can't get a regular high school degree without passing an Algebra test." Read the whole story.

There are some terms and concepts in this article that could help one in her or his quest for their GED. Can you identify them?

Terms and Concepts:

1. Autism
2. Algebra
3. Theology
4. The "No Child Left Behind Act"
5. Bipartisanship
6. Asperger's
7. Syndrome
8. Disability
9. Spectrum
10. Standardized
11. Empathize
12. Exception

The rest is up to you. See if you can read the article -- my bad.. of course you can. Well, read the article, and summarize it in your mind.

Then, read the above list of terms and concepts. Go through this list and be sure that you have some sort of understanding of each.

Then, finally, go back and read the article again. See if that article now makes a bit more sense to you.