May 2, 2019
By: Audrey Kennedy
Source: Minnesota Daily For Angela Carter, disability is more than a field of study. A Ph.D. candidate and instructor at the University of Minnesota studying feminism and disability studies, Carter identifies as a non-apparent disabled person. “I think about disability sort of always,” she said. “I always knew I wanted to be an […]
May 2, 2019
By: Talia Richman
Source: The Baltimore Sun It’s rare for the parents of students with disabilities to prevail in legal battles against Maryland school districts. In the past five years, they’ve lost more than 85 percent of the time, state education department documents show, even after investing tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours in […]
May 1, 2019
By: Neal Morton, The Seattle Times/TNS
Source: Disability Scoop For typically-developing children, recess can be the best part of the school day. Lots of friends to scream and shout with while playing tag, inventive games on the jungle gym and hard-fought competitions between the athletically inclined. A child with autism, meanwhile, may encounter recess as loud […]
April 30, 2019
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop New research indicates that autism can be reliably diagnosed in children months before pediatricians conduct routine screening for the developmental disorder. A study looking at over 1,200 kids finds that an autism diagnosis made by a trained professional is accurate starting shortly after a child’s first birthday. “Our findings suggest […]
April 30, 2019
By: Jessica Yarmosky
Source: NPR Rodney Robinson is this year’s National Teacher of the Year, and this week he was honored at a White House ceremony. Robinson has been teaching for 19 years, most recently at a juvenile detention center in Richmond, Va. He says he strives to make his teaching culturally relevant to his students: “You […]
April 30, 2019
By: Angelica Thornton
Source: KATU News Melissa Cantwell is always evolving as an educator, coming up with new ways to help her students thrive. A few years ago, the special education teacher at Hough Elementary in Vancouver came up with one of her best ideas yet; a service dog for the entire school! It came to […]
April 29, 2019
By: Courtney Perkes
Source: Disability Scoop Medicaid funding for people with disabilities could be jeopardized if a handful of states succeed in their efforts to overhaul how they receive federal dollars, advocates say. At least three states, including Alaska, Tennessee and Utah, have indicated that they are interested in receiving block grants or per capita funding […]
April 25, 2019
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop Nationwide, about 13 percent of students qualify for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. But that number varies significantly from one state to the next, government investigators say. At the low end, 6.4 percent of school children ages 6 to 21 in one state were served under IDEA […]
April 24, 2019
Source: ABC7 NY FREDERICK, MD. — A young girl in Maryland is proving that nothing will get in her way. WJZ reports 10-year-old Sara Hinesley has no hands and won a handwriting contest for how well she writes cursive – all with an artificial arm. Sara is your typical 10-year-old. “I like to play, I like to […]
April 24, 2019
By: Ezra Werb
Source: Edutopia Students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder often have difficulty keeping their things organized. Have you ever looked inside the backpack or desk of a student with ADHD? It may have looked like a hurricane had torn right through it. That doesn’t happen because such students are lazy or careless—students with attention challenges are […]