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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Funding Special Education

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled Monday that parents...

Filed under: special education, law, school, supreme court, schools, idea, education, oregon, adhd
Update on Alex Barton: Family Wasn't Notified of Meeting to Reinstate Teacher Who Led Students in Voting Him Out of Class

Melissa Barton, mother of Alex Barton, was not notified of a...

Filed under: Florida, teachers, special education, alex barton, asperger's syndrome, autism, wendy portillo, children with disabilities, disability abuse, schools, education, melissa barton, interviews
Teacher Who Let Students "Vote Out" 5-Year-Old Boy with Asperger's Syndrome Gets Her Job Back

Wendy Portillo, the Kindergarten teacher infamous for permitting...

Filed under: Florida, teachers, special education, alex barton, asperger's syndrome, autism, wendy portillo, children with disabilities, disability abuse, schools, education
Special Education Student Handcuffed to Door for Nearly 4 Hours As Trend of Inappropriate Restraint Continues

School district officials in Detroit are investigating claims...

Filed under: Michigan, abuse, special education, disabilism, restraint, seclusion, disability abuse, schools, elementary education, detroit, antonio hunt
Special Needs Student Was Regularly Tied to Fence by Bus Monitors at Arizona High School

Five Tuscon Unified School District employees have been put on...

Filed under: special education, developmental disability, special needs, disabilism, restraint, disability abuse, schools, education, behavioral disabilities, Arizona
Teacher and Classroom Aide Arrested for Allegedly Abusing Student with Autism and Blind Student

A Georgia teacher and her classroom aide have been arrested for...

Filed under: georgia, teachers, abuse, special education, autism, child abuse, blindness, visual impairments, arrests, schools
Eight Families of Students with Disabilities Sue Ontario, Claiming Discrimination Against Disabled Kids At Private, Religious Schools

Eight families with children who have disabilities are suing...

Filed under: special education, disabilism, canada, children with disabilities, disability discrimination, education, private schools, lawsuits, ontario, catholic schools, religion
Autistic Boy Denied Permission to Take Autism Service Dog to School

A Pennsylvania boy with Autism has been told he may not bring...

Filed under: special education, autism, IEP, special needs, school, children with disabilities, autism service dog, autistic
Only Seven Catholic High Schools in USA Offer Special Education

A Catholic high school in Illinois will begin offering a program...

Filed under: special education, down's syndrome, IEP, special needs, down syndrome, schools, idea, catholic school
Children With Disabilities Secluded in Cell-Like Rooms

School records say nothing about why 13-year-old Jonathan King...

Filed under: special education, death, disability rights, children with disabilities, restraint, suicide, jonathan king, seclusion, kids with disabilities

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