Kids with learning disabilities can still thrive in school. We want to believe that grades are simply a product of motivation and effort ― that if a child truly wants to do well in school and works ...

Discover the Ticket to Work Program, a free initiative helping disability beneficiaries work without losing crucial benefits ...

Many people think the word “disability” means people who require a wheelchair or walker. In reality, however, there is much more to disability than meets the eye. Millions of Americans have a chronic ...

Whenever I’m asked to explain what disability studies is, I usually don’t know where to begin. Part of the problem is the words themselves. Learning the language of DS is a practice of design, of ...

Newton plans to go national with its longstanding program to help children better understand disabilities. The school district’s classroom initiative to teach third through fifth grade students “to ...

As a social psychologist at a liberal-arts college, I try to help students recognize, and perhaps overcome, stereotyped expectations about diverse social groups. About 20 years ago, after working on a ...

While students studied for midterm exams and completed class projects, CU Boulder police officers and the department’s professional staff gathered to further their training in de-escalation techniques ...

BALTIMORE -- One in five people in the United States struggle with learning or attention disabilities, according to the Learning Disability Association of America. While they can make learning ...

The Robert Asp Elementary School third-graders watched the show, their eyes wide, absorbing a simple but important lesson. Kids with disabilities have talents, too. Twenty-four members of the Moorhead ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. For the last several years there is been a place online ...

Using visualization requires people to read abstract visual imagery, estimate statistics and retain information. However, people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) often process ...