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Children mocked and bullied by staff at special needs school
BBC News· 6 days agoA senior staff member at an independent school for children with special educational needs has been...
‘Life changing:’ Those with special needs gather for Family Café conference in Orlando
WJAX via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe conference seeks to connect families with resources and support services they need. It comes as...
Disabilities Beat: NYS Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program will be run by one business
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 5 days agoNew York State’s recently-passed 2024-2025 budget included a lot of changes for the disability community. One major change came at the last minute: the Consumer Directed Personal ...
Assistive technology improving lives of Licking County residents with disabilities
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe ways that assistive technology can aid someone with a developmental disability are endless, and...
Paralyzing injury doesn't stop this man from enjoying the outdoors
Columbia Daily Tribune· 1 day agoIan Mackay once was an avid bike rider. Mackay lost control and he collided with a tree. Mackay now...
‘Nothing about us without us’
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“They in no means defined me as a person in the following years.” She experienced periods of mania and psychosis, was hospitalized several more times and...
The death of a child with a disability at an Ontario school urgently calls for government action
The Conversation· 7 days agoThe recent death of an Ontario child with a disability while at school has reignited the debate about inclusive education. The family of 16-year-old Landyn Ferris plans to ...
Anna Zivarts: Nearly one-third of Wisconsin doesn't drive, which is challenging
Wisconsin State Journal· 4 days agoDisability rights advocate Anna Zivarts seeks more "15-minute cities"
Parents of SEND children accuse council of 'neglect'
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"This isn't a holiday, this is what my son needs, what he legally should be obliged to have." 'Restrained 86 times' Protester Sue Peacock, an independent...
U.S. Justice Department finds Alaska discriminates against disabled voters
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJun. 18—The Alaska Division of Elections has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by making voting inaccessible to disabled Alaskans, the Department of Justice found in a recent investigation ...