Autism, developmental delay and multiple disabilities marked the fastest growing IDEA disability categories between 2023 and ...

Jonaki Mehta is a producer for All Things Considered. Before ATC, she worked at Neon Hum Media where she produced a documentary series and talk show. Prior to that, Mehta was a producer at Member ...

A key U.S. Senate panel rejected a Trump administration push to make major changes to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and defund some disability programs, but significant uncertainty ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Philip S. Cicero, retired superintendent of Lynbrook Public Schools. In the early 1970s, nearly 2 million students with disabilities could not attend public ...

Advocates push for stronger state complaint system for disability discrimination as federal offices cut oversight.

The Education Department dismissed nearly every discrimination complaint — likely including many based on disability — all ...

Sueli Gwiazdowski, 24, says she switched high schools three times when she was growing up. She wanted to stay at her first school because she loved being on the speech and debate team – but the campus ...

She wanted to stay at her first school because she loved being on the speech and debate team – but the campus wasn’t wheelchair accessible. Her second school forced her to learn in a separate room, ...

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to... How the Education Department helps students with ...