January 31, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Just before Valentine’s, hundreds of proms for teens and adults with disabilities are slated to take place at locations around the world on a single day. The parties organized by former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow through his foundation will be held at 375 venues including at least one […]
January 31, 2017
By: Reginald Corbitt
Source: eSchool News If schools and parents want to combat cyberbullying, they need to understand relational aggression first. Cyberbullying continues to grow and present itself as a huge challenge for schools, government policy makers, stakeholders, parents and the community—but is regulating access to technology and social media the answer? Though the online […]
January 30, 2017
By: Christopher Heimerman
Source: SaukValley.com Amanda Jensen is getting to know a part of herself all over again. The 21-year-old, born with spina bifida, is one of six Dixon High School students who get memberships at the Dixon Family YMCA through the Lee County Special Education Association. It’s part of a second-year class that focuses […]
January 30, 2017
By: Laura Isensee
Source: Houston Public Media Parents, advocates and attorneys demanded more action Monday from Texas officials to open access to special education services, as federal authorities continue to investigate if the state has violated federal law. The Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, which works with more than 100 groups across the state, has […]
January 30, 2017
By: Susan Scutti
Source: CNN Bullying isn’t just about physical violence or emotional pain — it can impact kids’ educations, too. Kids bullied their entire school career have declining test scores, a growing dislike of school and failing confidence in their abilities, say the authors of a study published Monday in the Journal of Educational Psychology. […]
January 30, 2017
By: Michael Ollove
Source: The Washington Post In late November, on the first cold morning of the season, a second-grader at Ducketts Lane Elementary School in Elkridge, Md., had trouble breathing during recess. When the school nurse, Veronica DeSimone, examined the girl, she heard wheezing in her chest and determined that the child was having […]
January 29, 2017
By: Alejandra Matos
Source: The Washington Post Sekani Malcolm was serving coffee and pastries at Dunkin’ Donuts last month, a 20-year-old high school graduate with no plans to go to college and few aspirations for a solid career. He had struggled in school, where he sometimes found trouble, and he was working the part-time job […]
January 25, 2017
By: LA Johnson
Source: NPR Ed “I understand things visually, by finding them in paint. I don’t know if my dyslexia causes me to be this way, but I have a feeling it does.” — Rachel Deane, painter. We know lots of facts about dyslexia: It’s the most common reading disorder. It changes the way […]
January 25, 2017
By: Kate Santich
Source: Disability Scoop In what’s being called a first for a professional sports league, the NFL will make Sunday’s Pro Bowl in Orlando, Fla. “autism friendly” — offering young fans on the autism spectrum noise-canceling headphones, stress-relief squeeze toys and a safe room, should they need it. “Our goal is to make […]
January 24, 2017
By: Jackie Mader
Source: The Hechinger Report Students with disabilities would no longer be able to graduate with an “occupational diploma,” an option meant for students who are unable to meet the requirements of a standard diploma, under a bill proposed by Senate Education Chair Gray Tollison, R-Oxford. The occupational diploma is intended to prepare […]