When President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden sat down last Friday with leaders from special interest groups to discuss the impending fiscal cliff, at least one disability advocate was at the table. Peter Berns, CEO of The Arc, was...

Efforts to establish federal limits on the use of restraint and seclusion in the nation's schools appear to be dead, at least for now, disability advocates are acknowledging. In a meeting last week, Senate staffers who worked on legislation...

Scientists ran an unusual summer camp in the 1970s and ‘80s—and its main purpose was to study the sleep patterns of kids and teens. Campers actually wore electrodes all day so they’d be ready to plug in for monitoring. What researchers found,...

WASHINGTON, D.C.(April 14, 2005) – Testifying today before the House Subcommittee on Education Reform, representatives of high quality Head Start early childhood programs described the strategies that have made them successful and outlined...

Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) Data Available The Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) is a study of school-age students funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S....

The Social Security Administration will become the latest federal agency to start using the term "intellectual disability" in lieu of "mental retardation." In a final rule published in the Federal Register on Thursday, Social Security officials...

Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) Data Available The Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) is a study of school-age students funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S....

School busing problems continue to be exacerbated by the pandemic this school year, some New York City parents say, pointing to staff shortages and confusion over routes and schedules. While shortages of drivers and staffers to work on yellow...

New York City’s Education Department is creating a new division to support students with disabilities and children learning English as a second language, announced Mayor Eric Adams in a Daily News op-ed. The Division of Inclusive and Accessible...