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Thousands of Massachusetts parents of schoolchildren with disabilities have been ignored or labeled whiners when they claimed ...

Every week, about 45 new names land on Steph Smith's desk, all hoping for a place at her school. Sadly, most will be ...

Left: Ed Martin was one of the authors of the law now known as IDEA. Before the law, children with disabilities were often turned away from public schools. "They were invisible," says Martin. Right: ...

Parenting a child with a special need, whether a physical disability, a learning delay, an emotional challenge, or a developmental disorder, may require the acquisition of specific skills, such as ...

All children learn differently. When children learn differently, this is not a bad thing. It may just mean that they need supports that special education services can provide. However, it's hard to ...

With her head on a swivel, teacher Jazen Miranda watched eight kids take a seat on colored squares in front of the SMART board, while also keeping an eye on the ones that hadn’t left their tables.

Jonathan Glazzard does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Fifty years ago, just after Thanksgiving of 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, the landmark law that created special education as it exists today, and ...

But, in interviews with 40 parents, educators, disability-rights advocates, subject matter experts and Education Department staffers, NPR heard a growing fear: that the Trump administration's efforts ...