Soon after Dan Habib's five-year-old son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, the boy had a near-death case of pneumonia. As a coping mechanism, Habib's doctor suggested that he document the ...

(CNN) — Maribel Gardea spent years trying to convince Texas’ San Antonio Public Schools that her 14-year-old son, who has cerebral palsy and is non-verbal, needed an eye gaze device in the classroom.

The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act requires schools to identify and serve children who need tailored support to succeed academically, and to “prepare them for further education, ...

Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest school district in North Carolina for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was ...

Fifty years ago, just after Thanksgiving of 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, the landmark law that created special education as it exists today, and ...

The failure of members of the U.S. House to agree, vote with their constituents in mind, and problem-solve, which is their job, is causing immeasurable harm to all. Specifically, the laying-off of ...

Like many parents of a child with a learning disability, Scott Pitta is daunted by school meetings to come up with a teaching plan that accommodates his son’s autism. There’s the byzantine special ...

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room Gov. Gavin Newsom invested millions into expanding preschool for children with disabilities. Now, he’s proposing to scale it back, to invest ...

After 17 years the government has settled a human rights claim and admitted that Crown education policies and systems ...

Through a program delivered by UNICEF and partners with funding from Education Cannot Wait, children with disabilities like Anaís and Joel are finding renewed hope and energy with access to quality, ...