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Researchers are looking at whether brain imaging can be used to identify a "high risk of autism" in infants with hopes of eventually being able to spot the condition before symptoms show.
Parents are asking one school district to abandon a policy barring them from recording IEP meetings, arguing that it's their legal right to have a record of what is said.
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Disability advocates are pushing for a requirement that medical schools train future doctors to treat people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but they're hitting roadblocks.
After an 11-year-old with autism was given a trophy naming him the "Most Annoying Male" in his class, the local district is seeking to terminate the school's principal and three teachers.
With a bipartisan proposal, members of Congress are pushing a new plan to increase competitive, integrated employment for young people with developmental disabilities.
Too many people with developmental disabilities are being funneled into guardianships rather than exploring less-limiting options, a new government report finds, and schools may be to blame.
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A first-grader with autism didn't want to face the last day of school, so the boy's principal met him at home and the two walked to class together.
Nearly four years after "Sesame Street" introduced a muppet with autism, new research suggests that the show's materials focused on the developmental disorder are making a difference.
A feature film headed to theaters later this summer stars an actor with Down syndrome alongside a pair of Hollywood A-listers and it's backed by some big names in the disability community.
A new rule will make it harder for many home care workers to pay union dues, a move that some say could ultimately impact the care that people with disabilities receive.
New federal data shows that there are more children in special education and they are accounting for a greater percentage of public school students across the country.
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Lawmakers are looking to make it easier for students with disabilities to transition to college.
At what might be the only club of its kind in the country, hundreds of people with developmental disabilities come to dance, make friends and be like anyone else out for the night.
Virtual reality is being used to help train police in one of the nation's largest cities on how to deal with people who have disabilities or mental health issues as part of a pilot program.
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