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 ...

Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was removed from an English class at the public school. PEN America says it ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.