Special education
Brady’s room: One family navigates special education in New Orleans
Brady LaFleur, who has autism and Down syndrome, needs a new space to accommodate him, and the school district isn’t going to find it for him.
Why are these Mississippi students missing so much school?
Discipline for students with disabilities is leading to too much time out of school, report says
High schools push few students with disabilities to consider college
Most students with disabilities can make it to and through college, but are hindered by low expectations.
STUDENT VOICE: Don’t blame autism for the Florida school shooting
Special-needs teen explains why people with disabilities are much more likely to be victims than perpetrators
OPINION: We’ve got to train special education teachers to be leaders as well as educators
Is this the lifeline that can keep at-risk students in the system?
STUDENT VOICE: As a person with autism, I spend lots of time studying, attending class — and explaining that I am not deaf
Let’s end campus ignorance about how speech-generating devices work
STUDENT VOICE: How one youth with a disability discovered he was so much more than that
Kevin Fortunato Your disabilities do not mean you can’t choose what you want to do with your life. I have made it my mission to communicate to…
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The ‘forgotten’ part of special education that could lead to better outcomes for students
Many former special education students struggle to find good-paying jobs, and high schools are partly to blame
OPINION: Want to help college students with special needs to succeed? First, stop saying ‘disadvantage’
Landmark College’s president explores the advantages of neurodiversity