The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), passed in 1975, ensures that eligible children with disabilities receive free public education along with the services they need to succeed. The IDEA act ...

Cope’s path to the classroom began much earlier. Growing up in the rural farming community of Hancock in Glengoffe, St ...

Does the social and structural system reward teachers for including all students? Unfortunately not. Does the social and structural system punish teachers for excluding certain students? Absolutely ...

Back-to-school season is often filled with a mix of excitement and anxiety for students. While this is true for all students, including those who are neurotypical, neurodiverse, or disabled, ...

Mrs. Alvarez starts her day at 7:30 a.m. with the usual bustle: backpacks thump onto the floor, lunch boxes are unpacked, and a stack of folders marked IEP—short for Individualized Education Program, ...

Growing up, I was always taught to be inclusive to everyone, especially my classmates who I would see every day. My godbrother has autism, and being inclusive has always been important to me because I ...

Social inclusion for individuals with intellectual disabilities encompasses their full participation in education, employment, social and civic life on an equal basis with others. Strategies combine ...

Amman, Aug. 24 (Petra) -- In the presence of His Highness Prince Mired bin Raad bin Zeid, Chief Chamberlain, President of the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and ...