As Congress works to limit the use of restraint and seclusion in schools, a Wisconsin district is planning to use federal stimulus dollars to build new seclusion areas.

Kim Peek, the man who inspired Dustin Hoffman’s character in the movie “Rain Man,” died Saturday.

Students with disabilities are being ushered onto school buses up to 40 minutes before the end of the school day, a New York newspaper investigation found.

Autism appears in 1 percent of children and is four to five times more common in boys than girls, a government review of health and educational records indicates.

An Australian couple say they would have terminated the pregnancy if they knew in advance that their daughter would have Down syndrome.

A group of Chicago-area parents are none too pleased by a school district proposal to eliminate a school for kids with severe disabilities in favor of inclusion.

A Florida psychiatrist prescribed psychiatric drugs at a rate of 150 a day, seven days a week, for nearly two years.

Education officials in New York are considering replacing the IEP diploma with one that more specifically outlines a student’s capabilities.

For a child with special needs the onset of weeks of free time can be a recipe for disaster.

Watch out when buying holiday gifts for individuals with special needs, financial planners say, so that you don’t inadvertently do more harm than good.

Most states have done little in response to scathing allegations of abusive restraint and seclusion in schools that emerged in a federal report earlier this year.

There are stark differences between inclusion and segregated special education classrooms, but co-teaching is offering a hybrid opportunity that so far shows students succeeding.

Self-reflection is processed differently by individuals with autism, new research shows, which could explain why people with the disorder have trouble with social skills.

Kids covered by Medicaid are four times more likely to be taking strong antipsychotic drugs than children who have private health insurance.

For years Vera Word struggled to get a full sentence out of her son with autism. In the end, all it took was a cell phone.