The simple parenting strategy of helping toddlers understand emotion may reduce behavioral problems later on, finds a federally funded study led by a Michigan State University researcher. The study, published in the September issue of the...

Education Committee Unveils Head Start Reform Website; Committee Seeking Public Input on Quality Head Start Programs & Strategies for Success WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leaders of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce unveiled a new...

The state of Hawaii may not restrict special education to students age 20 and younger, a federal appeals court ruled last Wednesday, because the state provides general secondary education diploma programs to adults. The federal Individuals with...

When autistic children transition into early adulthood, they lose access to many of the services and benefits provided by pediatric practices. From the age of 18 onward, these individuals and their families must navigate a healthcare system...

December 8, 2004 John H. Hager Assumes Duties as Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services December 6, 2004. John H. Hager, a former lieutenant governor of Virginia, has been sworn in as assistant secretary for the...

People with disabilities and their families have long relied on word-of-mouth to find disability-friendly community businesses, but that recommendation system has been given a new twist after a "hackathon" sponsored by AT&T in partnership with...

More Americans are graduating high school than ever before, but students with disabilities remain far behind their typically-developing peers, a new report finds. Nationally, 80 percent of public high school students earned a diploma on time...

A version of a gene has been linked to autism in families that have more than one child with the disorder. Inheriting two copies of this version more than doubled a child's risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder, scientists supported by...

The recent discovery of a gene associated with specific language impairment (SLI), a disorder that delays first words in children and slows their mastery of language skills throughout their school years, offers new insight into how our genes...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered that a previously unexplained fatal form of Osteogenesis Imperfecta -- a disorder that weakens bones and which may cause frequent fractures -- results from a genetic defect in a...