In 1990, the Americans With Disabilities Act gave students with disabilities the right to reasonable accommodations in higher education, but many colleges were not structured with disabled students in ...

Despite initiatives, students with disabilities are still performing significantly below their peers in general education. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one ...

For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as "rineanswsaurs" or sarcastic as "srkastik."Related video above: Artificial intelligence opening doors ...

Engineering researchers are successfully using a robot to help keep children with learning disabilities focused on their work. Engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo are successfully ...

As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

While the recent months have been a flurry of news around education, we’re becoming distracted from the very real challenges students are facing in the classroom. Because when speaking with parents, ...

"When we design for the full range of human experience, we build better systems for everyone," said Chris Lemons, co-author and incoming faculty director of the Learning Differences Initiative. "Tools ...

Social-emotional learning can help kids thrive, but programming may not be inclusive of students with disabilities. Credit: Inside Creative House / iStock / Getty Images Plus Erin Crosby doesn't ...

There are subjects so sensitive that the safest course is to avoid them. Anything one writes on such topics is vulnerable to misunderstanding or misrepresentation. But sometimes those topics are so ...

The mission of the Learning/Access Center (formerly Disability Resource Center) is to facilitate full access so that all students can freely and actively participate in all facets of Pratt life. The L ...

English learners who are also identified as students with disabilities experience unique needs in K-12 schools—and their teachers need specialized, interdisciplinary training, experts say. This ...

Jay Stratte Plasman receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Institute of Education Sciences. Shaun M. Dougherty does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...