Education
Biden Budget Includes ‘First Step Toward Fully Funding IDEA’
President Joe Biden is calling for the federal government to make sizable investments in special ed and support other programs benefiting people with disabilities in his first budget proposal.
Family To Get $2 Million After Teen With Special Needs Choked To Death At School
His IEP required that he have a dedicated aide, but no one was watching when Kedar Williams choked on a chicken nugget. Now, his memory may help save the lives of others with disabilities.
Ed Department Urged To Direct More COVID-19 Relief Funds To Students With Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education is being asked to tell schools to direct funding toward students with disabilities who have missed out on services they were entitled to during the pandemic.
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Virtual Special Olympics Brings Smiles To Students’ Faces
While ensuring COVID-safe practices, a team of educators worked together to give special education students the opportunity to participate virtually.
A Video Game Makes Math And English Classes A Full-Body Experience
An online platform created to help kids in special ed combines physical activity with a virtual world featuring bright colors and animated characters to engage even the shyest students.
Special Education Advocates Press Biden Administration For Funding Boost
Some see the shift in control of the White House as an opportunity to boost support for kids with special needs and their families while easing pressure on state and local education budgets.
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Feds Propose Changes To Disability Employment Rules
The Biden administration is reconsidering what should qualify as competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities.
Biden Signs Stimulus Bill Sending Funds To Disability Community
President Joe Biden signed a massive pandemic relief package sending billions to special ed and home- and community-based services and providing stimulus payments for many with disabilities.
Lawsuit: Officers Handcuffed, Jailed 11-Year-Old With Autism For Scratching Classmate
School resource officers allegedly left a boy with autism in a patrol car for two hours and booked him in jail for scratching a classmate with a pencil. His parents had to post a $25,000 bond.
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Lawmakers Want Investigation Into Effects Of School Closures On Kids With Disabilities
Nearly a year after schools shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, some members of Congress are calling for an investigation into the impact of the closures on students with disabilities.
Ed Department: Schools Serving More Students Under IDEA
An increasing number of American schoolchildren are receiving special education services and nearly all of them spend at least some of their day in class with their typically-developing peers.
Braille Is Everywhere, But Most Kids Who Are Blind Can’t Read It
Decades ago more than half of students with blindness could read and write tactile script. Today, less than 10% of Americans with visual disabilities do, but a competition aims to change that.