School districts across Michigan struggle to hire enough special education teachers, Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says. He’s lobbying the Michigan Department of Education to expand access and ...

The board heard from teachers Michele Haverly and Alicia Flemming what an autistic support classroom might look like at the high school next year. Background: Flemming said the district has two ...

When it comes to autism, few questions spark as much debate as how best to support autistic people with the greatest needs. This prompted The Lancet medical journal to commission a group of ...

Sociability is not the same as hireability. Colleges can take concrete steps to make the academic hiring process fairer for neurodivergent candidates.

Mattie was born with birth defects that gave her a less than 10% chance of living. “She had over 17 surgeries in her life, ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, and paying attention. Researchers in Europe added a learning robot to ...

A partnership between a theater in Aurora and the Awesome Life Academy in Naperville put on an improv show for young adults with special needs.

A primary school is planning to open a specialist unit for autistic children amid a growing shortage of local special needs places. Surrey County Council's cabinet member for children Jonathan Hulley ...

St Paul's Church of England Primary School will get a dedicated classroom for up to 25 pupils that are autistic A primary school is planning to open a specialist unit for autistic children amid a ...

Suburban doctors and therapists are praising one of the latest Barbie creations from Mattel for casting a spotlight on an often marginalized community. “Oftentimes, especially young ladies who are on ...