Long maligned for excluding kids with disabilities, a new crop of charter schools is popping up across the country specifically for those with special needs.

Too little is being done to ensure that students with disabilities receive appropriate accommodations on the SAT, ACT and other standardized tests, according to a new government report.

A new guide released this week offers a step-by-step look at college life for those with autism — offering tips on everything from classroom accommodations to dealing with roommates.

Young adults with disabilities are less likely to participate in traditional rights of passage in the years after high school than their typically developing peers, new research indicates.

Tips for getting a job and keeping it are at the heart of a new government-funded website designed to help individuals with developmental disabilities become gainfully employed.

Many special education students do not have adequate transition plans within their IEPs, a new analysis of the nation’s largest school district finds.

Significantly fewer young adults with autism are accessing medical and social services once they leave high school, a first-of-its-kind survey finds.

A new tool kit released Thursday is designed to make the transition to adulthood easier for those with autism by offering an overview of options for housing, employment and other issues.

When officials at an Oregon university decided that a 20-year-old with Down syndrome could no longer audit a ceramics class, the woman’s peers responded in force.

The Department of Education is funneling millions into post-secondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities at 27 colleges and universities.

A fully accessible college dorm opening this week is believed to be the most user-friendly in the country for students with physical disabilities.

Advocates in Hawaii are heading to court hoping to force the state to allow students with disabilities to stay in school until age 22, as is the case in many parts of the country.

As heat waves roll across the country, an on-campus Baskin-Robbins is bringing students with disabilities at one California school relief.

A Chicago family is returning their son’s high school diploma and sending him back to school at age 21 because they say his education was subpar.

Eric Duquette didn’t utter his first word until age 5, but this week the teen with autism graduated as the salutatorian of his high school class.