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School Shocks Students with Disabilities. The FDA Is Moving to Ban the Practice

January 23, 2019

By: Jenifer McKim
Source:  NPR Luigi Disisto is a 47-year-old man who has autism and lives at a private special education center based in suburban Boston best known for being the only school in the country that shocks its students with disabilities to control their behavior. Disisto wears a backpack equipped with a battery and wires […]

LA’s School Counselors Strike Back

January 23, 2019

By: E. Tammy Kim
Source:  The Hechinger Report LOS ANGELES — Thirty years ago, when United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the union representing rank-and-file educators in the county’s public schools, went on strike, Nadia Morales and Pedro Martinez were students at Los Angeles High School. Morales was the straight-A, Advanced Placement type and Martinez a class […]

Shutdown Day 32: School Districts Step Up to Help Students and Families

January 23, 2019

By: Denisa R. Superville
Source:  Education Week With federal workers feeling squeezed from not receiving a paycheck during the longest shutdown of the federal government in history, school districts are stepping up to help families make ends meet. Across the country—from Tulsa, Okla., to Atlanta—districts are offering jobs to idled federal employees, raising money to help […]

Study Links Longer-Distance Moves to Lower Student Performance

January 22, 2019

By: Linda Jacobson
Source:  Education Dive Dive Brief: Students who move at least a mile away to a new home experience a greater and longer-lasting drop in math and English language arts performance than those who move a shorter distance — especially if that move involves changing schools. A short-distance move, however, often has a positive […]

For Many Kids with Autism, Health Care Needs Go Unaddressed

January 22, 2019

By: Shaun Heasley
Source:  Disability Scoop Children with autism are twice as likely as those with other disabilities to have unmet health care needs, according to a new report. Nearly 1 in 5 kids on the spectrum have gone without a needed medical or mental health service. By comparison, fewer than 10 percent of children with […]

Girls on the Spectrum Often Go Unnoticed

January 15, 2019

By: Rita Giordano, The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
Source:  Disability Scoop PHILADELPHIA — “Weird.” Nichole Lowther has heard the word her whole life. Bright, even charming, she nonetheless never felt comfortable in groups or making small talk. A hard worker, she had a tough time finding or keeping a steady job. Could it have been her unvarying wardrobe, […]

Study Pinpoints Down Syndrome Milestones

January 15, 2019

By: Shaun Heasley
Source:  Disability Scoop Individuals with Down syndrome continue to learn new skills well into adulthood, according to a study that’s offering a timetable of what to expect from those with the chromosomal disorder. Most people with Down syndrome are able to walk by 25 months of age, speak reasonably well by the time […]

NYC Announces $6M Expansion of Free Glasses Program

January 14, 2019

By: Amelia Harper
Source:  Education Dive Dive Brief: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced during his State of the City address Thursday that all the city’s kindergarten and 1st grade students will be eligible to get free prescription glasses next school year if they need them, Patch.com reports. Dive Insight: Students who can’t see well […]