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With Adaptive Controller, Microsoft Courts Gamers With Disabilities

Details: Published: Friday, 18 May 2018 13:10

Though company officials have no idea how many people will buy it, a push to increase accessible technology has Microsoft debuting an adaptive...

Lack Of Quality Caregivers, Constant Turnover Tough On Families

Details: Published: Wednesday, 02 May 2018 00:02

Families of those with developmental disabilities are struggling to find trustworthy caregivers and, even when they do, it's often only a matter of...

Researchers Eye Controversial Marijuana Compound To Treat Severe Autism

Details: Published: Tuesday, 01 May 2018 12:55

A study will examine whether a non-psychoactive chemical found in marijuana can ease the most severe symptoms of autism, including seizures,...

Arc Chapter To Pay Nearly $2.3 Million Over Medicaid Billing

Details: Published: Tuesday, 01 May 2018 12:49

A nonprofit that serves people with developmental and intellectual disabilities is settling accusations that it billed Medicaid for services not...

Are The Nation’s Schools Following The ADA?

Details: Published: Tuesday, 01 May 2018 00:01

Members of Congress are asking for a federal investigation into whether schools across the country are in compliance with the Americans with...

Trump Administration Seeks To Bar Immigrants with Disabilities

Details: Published: Monday, 30 April 2018 00:01

The Trump administration is moving to make it more difficult for immigrants with disabilities and their families to get a visa or attain permanent...

Settlement Reached In High-Profile Death Of Man With Down Syndrome

Details: Published: Friday, 27 April 2018 13:09

In a case that drew national attention, the family of a man with Down syndrome who died after being restrained when he refused to leave a movie...

Senators Call For End To Subminimum Wage Amid Accusations Of Exploitation

Details: Published: Friday, 27 April 2018 11:33

Subminimum wages are under fire as a group of U.S. senators called for an end to the "discriminatory" practice and a company was accused of...

Autism Prevalence On The Rise, CDC Says

Details: Published: Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:00

An increasing number of American children are being diagnosed with autism, according to new government figures....

In Plan To Fix Special Education, State Will Spend $212 Million

Details: Published: Wednesday, 25 April 2018 12:18

Following a blistering federal investigation, one state is aiming to repair a decade-old practice that drastically reduced the number of students...

Feds Release New Stats On Restraint And Seclusion In Schools

Details: Published: Tuesday, 24 April 2018 15:14

New data on nearly every public school in the nation shows that students with disabilities continue to be disciplined and experience restraint and...

Trump Taps a Nebraska Education Official for Rehabilitative Services Post

Details: Published: Monday, 12 March 2018 20:00

Authors: Education Week

President Donald Trump has tapped Mark Schultz, a deputy commissioner of education in Nebraska, to serve as commissioner of the rehabilitation services administration at the Education Department....

Foster Care, Prison, Homelessness: A Hard Look at Teaching Vulnerable Students

Details: Published: Monday, 12 March 2018 20:00

Authors: Education Week

In this special series, Education Week reporters explore how teachers work to overcome the challenges of teaching the country's most vulnerable students....

Special Education Enrollment Increases in Texas in Wake of Newspaper Investigation

Details: Published: Thursday, 09 November 2017 19:00

Authors: Education Week

About 14,000 more students in the state are enrolled in special education, after the state lifted what it called a "benchmark" enrollment figure of 8.5 percent....

Special Educators Head to Capitol Hill With 'Sense of Urgency'

Details: Published: Monday, 10 July 2017 20:00

Authors: Education Week

Members of the Council for Exceptional Children and the Council for Administrators of Special Education want Congress to preserve Medicaid and allocate more money for special education and gifted education....

Unlocking Autism: New Development Could Help With Early Diagnosis

Details: Published: Friday, 26 September 2014 20:23

Authors: The Autism News

By CBS New York (YouTube)

CBS 2′s Dr. Max Gomez explains a new development in autism research.

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9caFdAnao7Q...

“Thank you for releasing my voice”, teen with autism says

Details: Published: Friday, 26 September 2014 20:21

Authors: The Autism News

By Patty Crosby | FCN

“It’s a miracle. It’s the best thing that has ever happened to our family.”That’s how Leslie Weed describes being able to hear what her Lanier is thinking and feeling after 16 years of relative silence.

“I now have this treasure trove of thoughts” says Leslie....

Autistic boy, 12, eagerly waits to go back to school

Details: Published: Friday, 26 September 2014 20:18

Authors: The Autism News

By Angie Seth | Global News

Christian Thorndyke, 12, is a boy who loves to go to school.“I find it’s fun learning, I like being involved with other children, and recess and gym class. I really love learning and going to school,” Christian told Global News.

But for the past few months Christian has been at...

8-YEAR-OLD MISSING AUTISTIC BOY FOUND SAFE

Details: Published: Friday, 26 September 2014 20:04

Authors: The Autism News

By abc7 Eyewitness News

A family is reunited after a frantic search a child with autism. The boy disappeared at Westfield shopping mall.

Family and friends let out a cheer after getting word 8-year-old Brooklyn Venter is safe. More than a hundred volunteers showed up to help dozens of police officers in the search for...

Brain wave test could help in autism study

Details: Published: Friday, 26 September 2014 20:01

Authors: The Autism News

By WKRC Local 12

One in 68 children is diagnosed with autism.

That was the estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cuba Cooper and Nalani Roland have autism. They are taking part in a study that could someday help classify and diagnose autism earlier.

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of...

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SPECIAL EDUCATION NEWS FROM AROUND THE NET

With Adaptive Controller, Microsoft Courts Gamers With Disabilities

Lack Of Quality Caregivers, Constant Turnover Tough On Families

Researchers Eye Controversial Marijuana Compound To Treat Severe Autism

Arc Chapter To Pay Nearly $2.3 Million Over Medicaid Billing

Are The Nation’s Schools Following The ADA?

Trump Administration Seeks To Bar Immigrants with Disabilities

Settlement Reached In High-Profile Death Of Man With Down Syndrome

Senators Call For End To Subminimum Wage Amid Accusations Of Exploitation

Autism Prevalence On The Rise, CDC Says

In Plan To Fix Special Education, State Will Spend $212 Million

Feds Release New Stats On Restraint And Seclusion In Schools

Trump Taps a Nebraska Education Official for Rehabilitative Services Post

Foster Care, Prison, Homelessness: A Hard Look at Teaching Vulnerable Students

Special Education Enrollment Increases in Texas in Wake of Newspaper Investigation

Special Educators Head to Capitol Hill With 'Sense of Urgency'

Unlocking Autism: New Development Could Help With Early Diagnosis

By CBS New York (YouTube)

“Thank you for releasing my voice”, teen with autism says

By Patty Crosby | FCN

Autistic boy, 12, eagerly waits to go back to school

By Angie Seth | Global News

8-YEAR-OLD MISSING AUTISTIC BOY FOUND SAFE

By abc7 Eyewitness News

Brain wave test could help in autism study

By WKRC Local 12

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