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Ed Department Recalls Staffers Who Handle Complaints From Students With Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education is bringing back hundreds of staffers to tackle a backlog of civil rights cases — including disability discrimination complaints — after trying for months to fire them.
Supreme Court To Hear Case On Intellectual Disability
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how intellectual disability is defined.
Ed Department Sued By Disability Advocates Over Plans To Outsource Programs
Disability advocates are challenging the Trump administration's steps to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, arguing in a lawsuit that the actions will harm kids with developmental disabilities.
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To Address Disability Caregiver Crisis, Feds Look To AI
Federal health officials are launching a multimillion-dollar competition to attract new ideas for how technology can transform caregiving for people with disabilities and others.
CDC Revises Autism-Vaccine Stance, Alarming Experts
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly updated a key page on its website which had indicated that vaccines do not cause autism to now suggest that the science is unsettled.
Ed Department Sheds Several Offices, But Spares Special Education
As the Trump administration takes sweeping steps to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, the agency is still deciding what the future holds for special education.
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Concerns Raised As Teachers Increasingly Use AI To Write IEPs
The number of teachers using AI to develop individualized education programs for students with disabilities is surging, but so too are questions about what role the technology should play.
As Government Reopens, Ed Department Brings Back Fired Special Education Staffers
A deal to end the nation's longest-ever government shutdown is reversing plans to gut the federal special education office and providing funds for other disability programs — at least temporarily.
Disability Providers Nationwide Considering More Cuts
With financial pressures mounting, disability service providers across the country are increasingly weighing program cuts and they say that in-home supports are among their most vulnerable offerings.
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Disability Advocates Cry Foul Over Dismantling Of Special Ed: ‘Our World Is On Fire’
Efforts to gut the U.S. Department of Education's special education office and move the program to another agency are already causing "immediate harm" to students with disabilities, advocates warn.
Pediatrics Group Declines To Recommend Drug For Autism Touted By Trump Administration
New professional guidance to the nation's pediatricians advises against using a drug in children with autism that many families are clamoring for after it was hyped by federal officials.
Despite Hold On Ed Department Layoffs, Special Education Worries Run High
A judge indefinitely blocked the U.S. Department of Education from laying off nearly every staffer in its special education office, but advocates say concerns about the future of the program remain.