BOSTON —

Heading back to school can be overwhelming for students and their parents, but for families like Nina Leone's, the checklists and supply lists look a bit different.

Nina, who is almost 17 years old, is autistic, mostly nonverbal, and has a number of cognitive handicaps and different abilities than a typical teenage girl. Despite these challenges, she attends Kennedy Day School in Brighton, a school for kids with special needs that is part of the Franciscan Children's campus. Latest Forecast

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"Going back to school for us requires, as you can imagine, so much more than that of the typical child," said Sam Leone, Nina's mother.

Transportation for Nina from her home in Natick to her school requires annual inspections of things

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