For the first time in more than two decades, federal officials are moving forward with plans to find out just how much ...

In thinking about the call for inclusive education as put forth in the CRPD (as well as other international documents such as the Salamanca Statement), I am struck with how the segregated recycling ...

One evening this May, about a dozen young adults and their families gathered with faculty of TerpsEXCEED, an inclusive two-year post-secondary education program at the University of Maryland for ...

Jaden Lowery, 19, could hardly sleep the night before Grand Canyon University's commencement ceremony. Filled with nerves and excitement, he tossed and turned in his bed at his family home in Phoenix.

Oliver McGowan was 18 years old when he was hospitalized in England with recurrent seizures and pneumonia. He was autistic, and he and his parents had one specific request for the medical team: no ...

As the U.S. Department of Education accelerates efforts to dismantle the agency, the implications for students with disabilities remain murky. The agency said that it reached two new agreements late ...

Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...

In 1876, Dr. Brown joined a group of other directors who operated schools for the “feebleminded”, and together they created the Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and ...