Fashionistas with disabilities explore diverse viewpoint
‘Once a learning disability meant automatic exclusion from music, clubs and clothes. Meet the people blazing a trail to change that’ From the [UK] Sunday Times (with video): A small but growing...
View ArticlePregnant woman with learning disabilities flees to keep baby
From the [UK] Daily Mail, [UK] Times: A pregnant woman with learning disabilities and her fiance have reportedly fled Scotland after social workers threatened to take away their baby at birth, saying...
View ArticleColumnist: ‘Sadly, most people with a learning disability should not have...
Minette Marrin, writing in the [UK] Sunday Times, reacts to a BBC2 documentary about a couple with Down syndrome who are deciding whether to marry. Marrin’s sister has an intellectual disability. An...
View ArticleAmazon announces plans to modify Kindle
From the Associated Press/MSNBC: Amazon.com Inc. has announced that it will add two features to the Kindle that are intended to make the e-book reader more accessible to users who are blind or have...
View ArticleIn Ottawa, suspensions rising for kids with special needs
From the Ottawa [Canada] Citizen: Suspensions of students with special needs in the Ottawa public schools have risen by more than 56 percent over the past year, while suspensions for all students...
View ArticleOfficials: Ottawa suspension report used skewed data
From the Ottawa [Canada] Citizen: Ottawa school district officials are throwing out a report released this week, saying it contained flawed data. The report concluded that suspensions for students with...
View ArticleStudent with disabilities wins fight to live in college dorm
Oakland University violated federal law by excluding him, judge rules From the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Oakland [MI] Press: A federal judge has ruled that Michigan’s Oakland University has...
View ArticleAdvice for parents who wonder: Is it a learning disability?
Lesley Alderman, writing in the New York Times, offers a roadmap for parents who suspect their child might have a learning disability. While schools are legally obligated to assess children for...
View ArticleAnne Ford: ADA brought disabilities out of the shadows
When her now-adult daughter was born, Anne Ford writes at AOL.com, society’s answer to the problems of people with disabilities was to avoid acknowledging them. That all began to change when President...
View ArticleMore colleges welcome students with intellectual disabilities
From AP/Boston Herald: While college programs for students with intellectual disabilities were almost nonexistent as recently as a decade ago, there are now more than 250 of them spread across campuses...
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