A new study co-authored by MaryAnn Demchak, Ph.D., professor of special education at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Brianna Grumstrup, Ph.D., assistant professor of special education at the ...

This month marks 34 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, and Disability Pride Month was officially established nearly a decade ago. As one blind author and illustrator ...

Businesses are increasingly turning to AI to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities. Is it working? An estimated 1.3 billion people worldwide experience significant disabilities, according ...

Larysa Kautz said that both of her parents, in addition to being immigrants, had “invisible disabilities” that limited their workplace opportunities. “My dad probably would have been diagnosed with ...

Only a small percentage of students are supposed to take alternate assessments intended for those with the most significant cognitive disabilities, but new evidence suggests that states are routinely ...

An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. This represents 16 percent of the world’s population, or 1 in 6 of us. In the Caribbean, there are over 1 million persons living with ...

This story about special education classrooms was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Terri Joyce believed ...

In a world increasingly focused on diversity and inclusion, people with disabilities continue to be sorely underrepresented. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 1.3 billion people ...

Fifty-one years ago, the U.S. government created one of the largest benefits programs to help people with disabilities. But an NPR investigation found its rules are so complex and so out of date that ...

After spending most of his first year in elementary school in a classroom only for students with significant disabilities, Terri Joyce’s son has enjoyed learning in a classroom that includes students ...