August 13, 2018
By: Courtney Perkes
Source: Disability Scoop Federal lawmakers are looking to make doctors and other health care services far more available for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A bipartisan bill introduced late last month in Washington would for the first time designate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as a “medically underserved population” and qualify […]
August 10, 2018
By: Marta W. Aldrich
Source: Chalkbeat Gary Hughes remembers rolling his eyes last year after learning that Nashville’s new school superintendent was completely revamping the way principals like himself would be supervised. After all, as a 10-year school administrator, Hughes thought he had done just fine under the previous system. Occasional drop-in visits from central office […]
August 8, 2018
By: Katie Kindelan via GMA
Source: ABC News Maria Jordan MacKeigan had never met a person with Down syndrome until her own daughter, Jordan Grace, was born with the chromosomal abnormality four years ago. Now MacKeigan is making sure her daughter and all kids with disabilities are known to the world. MacKeigan, a mother of two […]
August 7, 2018
By: Katherine Cowles
Source: The Guardian There’s a coffee-morning atmosphere in the classroom at Oak Field School, Nottingham, as teacher Tom Hall sits with six teenage boys, offering stories, encouragement and light relief. This is a sex education lesson. Laminated “OK/Not OK” cards are scattered around the table which, along with illustrations of sexual anatomy, show […]
August 7, 2018
By: Jill Cornfield
Source: CNBC Kids love it, parents may dread it, but one thing’s certain: The annual school shopping ritual is a smack to the wallet every year. This year, back-to-school spending will hit $82.8 billion for K-12 and college combined, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey. That’s almost as high as last year’s $83.6 […]
August 7, 2018
By: Joyce Nowell
Source: Herald-Mail Media GREENCASTLE, Pa. — With hopes of improving learning and experience for Greencastle-Antrim High School special education students, each will be getting tablet computers this coming school year. “The biggest thing we’re hoping is that by having that tablet with them throughout the day they’ll be able to access documents from […]
August 7, 2018
By: Catherine Gewertz
Source: Education Week A group of college-bound students with special needs and their parents filed suit Monday against ACT Inc., claiming the the testmaker illegally disclosed to colleges that they have disabilities. The class action suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, challenges the way the Iowa-based company uses information about students […]
August 6, 2018
By: Melanie Asmar
Source: Chalkbeat The Denver school district violated the rights of some students with disabilities in the way it made decisions about whether they would get support from a teacher’s aide, an investigation by the Colorado Department of Education found. Instead of allowing a team that includes teachers, specialists, and the students’ parents to […]
August 6, 2018
By: Matthew Choi
Source: The Texas Tribune A special Texas Senate committee devoted to fighting school violence has recommended improving mental health resources for students and increasing funding for a program that arms some members of school staff, but shied away from any measures aiming to limit access to guns. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Republican, formed […]
August 4, 2018
By: McKenna King
Source: KIVI / KSAW HIDDEN SPRINGS, IA – This isn’t your average triathlon; it’s a unique race open to kids with all abilities; with around 10% of the participants being challenged athletes. The theme for the triathlon was “includability,” because like Trace Dandrea, Director of “RODS Jr.” says, “We know that when kids are included, miracles […]