How students at Kidder Elementary in Brunswick are learning American Sign Language to better communicate

The second graders began learning American Sign Language after attending an assembly where they learned some students in their building have hearing loss.

Disabled adults find new place to learn after high school in Tri-Cities

The new Kennewick center is unique in that It's led by an experienced special education teacher, it seeks to focus on life ...
Education Week

How Nashville Dismantled Segregated Classrooms for Students With Disabilities

When Debra McAdams stepped into her role leading special education for Nashville schools in 2009, she knew she would immediately face a deeply entrenched system that separated students with ...
Daily Mail

I'm an ADHD expert whose two children also have the learning disorder - here are the signs your loved ones have it too

ADHD may be one of the most talked-about medical conditions in recent years. But there’s an awful lot of confusion and misinformation about it. The condition – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...
New York Post

Minnesota day care with $4M in state funding — and a misspelled sign — found with no kids inside as lawmakers demand answers from Walz

A YouTuber found no children inside a Minnesota day care that has received $4 million in state funding — and couldn’t even spell “learning” correctly on its own front door. The apparent revelation ...
New York Post

Hochul will sign controversial bill to legalize doctor-assisted suicide in New York

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday she’ll sign a controversial doctor-assisted suicide bill – capping a years-long battle over making New York a state that allows terminally ill people to take ...
Forbes

What CEOs Are Learning About Disability Inclusion At Work

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Keely founded Making Space, closing the disability employment gap. "One of the most striking takeaways from SYNC25 was how many ...
The New York Times

With Colorful Sculptures, Artist With a Learning Disability Wins the Turner Prize

Nnena Kalu, who uses cardboard and tape to create her work, received the prestigious art award. By Alex Marshall Reporting from Bradford, England Nnena Kalu, an artist who uses videotape, plastic ...
Reason

Why Are 38 Percent of Stanford Students Saying They're Disabled?

The students at America's elite universities are supposed to be the smartest, most promising young people in the country. And yet, shocking percentages of them are claiming academic accommodations ...
NPR

50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump

Fifty years ago, just after Thanksgiving of 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, the landmark law that created special education as it exists today, and ...
AOL

10 Signs You Could Be Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Injuries or illness can strike at any age, but if you've worked for years, you may expect the government to help you. That's where Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) comes in. You'll want to ...