June 15, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Just in time for summer, a first-of-its-kind splash park designed from the ground up to accommodate people with various special needs will make its debut. Morgan’s Inspiration Island will open Saturday in San Antonio. The $17 million water park features five play areas with pools, geysers, jets, water cannons […]
June 14, 2017
By: Rick Karlin
Source: Times Union At a cost of $21,206/per student, New York spends 86 percent more than the national average on its schools, according to the latest Census report, which was noted by the fiscally conservative Empire Center. The figures come from the 2014-15 school year and were part of the Census’ Annual Survey […]
June 14, 2017
By: Donna St. George
Source: The Washington Post It’s one thing to borrow a book from a library. But Theis Williams and his classmates say it’s much more exciting to take one home for keeps. So, as the Great Book Giveaway opened at his school, Theis clutched a favorite by author Eric Carle close to […]
June 13, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop The creator of a prime-time comedy starring a teen with cerebral palsy is pushing other Hollywood bigwigs to cast more actors with disabilities, calling barriers to such inclusion “false.” Scott Silveri, the creator and executive producer of ABC’s “Speechless,” said that having a cast member with a disability on […]
June 13, 2017
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop State-provided disability services often fail to meet the needs of adults with autism, according to a new report finding many with access to supports don’t have any regular daytime activities. Only 14 percent of adults with autism who receive state supports have a paying job in the community. Meanwhile, […]
June 12, 2017
By: Christina Samuels
Source: Education Week Students with disabilities who spend at least 80 percent of their school day in general education courses have higher rates of on-time graduation, college attendance, and employment than students with disabilities who are similar in other ways, but who spend less time in general education, according to a new […]
June 8, 2017
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop Long before an official diagnosis, a single brain scan at 6 months of age may be able to predict with near perfect accuracy which babies will develop autism. By using a technique known as machine learning to look at brain patterns in infants, researchers say they were able to […]
June 8, 2017
By: Christina Samuels
Source: Education Week Anyone watching U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ testimony Tuesday before a Senate education appropriations subcommittee heard some version of this statement secretary several times: “Schools that receive federal funds must follow federal laws.” That was her response to questions about whether any school that receives federal money for vouchers would be […]
June 6, 2017
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: The Washington Post Federal data shows that poor, black and Hispanic children are becoming increasingly isolated from their white, affluent peers in the nation’s public schools, as my Washington Post colleague Emma Brown reported in this story. In fact, the number of high-poverty schools serving primarily black and brown students across […]
June 6, 2017
By: Zack Lemon
Source: Disability Scoop Kristy Rothe knows her son, who has autism, can get out of school and wander when stressed. It is a fear that is partially alleviated by the AngelSense GPS device that he wears every day. But local districts are concerned that the device, which also allows a parent to […]