1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (11+ words) Education Secretary Says Department Still Working To Offload Special Ed'Disability Scoop...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (356+ words) by Shaun Heasley | April 28, 2026 A new program beginning this fall is designed to give people with autism the skills for careers in game design. (Dreamstime/TNS) A unique studio that trains people with autism to work in the movie business…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (659+ words) by Michelle Diament | April 27, 2026 The U. S. Department of Education building in Washington, D. C. (Anne Meadows/Flickr) Congress mandates that millions of dollars each year go toward researching best practices in special education, but a new analysis warns that the vast majority of…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1053+ words) by Elizabeth Marie Himchak, The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS | April 24, 2026 Megan Dolan on the set of her solo show "Not the Right Mom: A Full Spectrum Comedy." (Poway On Stage/TNS) SAN DIEGO " A humorous take on the challenges, joys…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (333+ words) by Shaun Heasley | April 24, 2026 Speech pathologist Michelle Helmes works with a toddler showing signs of autism. (Takaaki Iwabu/The News & Observer/TNS) Accessing early intervention services like speech, occupational, physical or behavioral therapy in the first years of life can…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (586+ words) by Michelle Diament | April 23, 2026 U. S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at a House Energy and Commerce hearing in Washington on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Raphael Liy/ZUMA Press/TNS) Disability advocates are calling out top federal health officials…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (407+ words) by Shaun Heasley | April 21, 2026 A new version of "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from Disney's "Encanto" is part of "Songs in Sign Language," which debuts this month on Disney+. (Disney) Disney is releasing new versions of musical sequences from "Frozen…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (591+ words) by Michelle Diament | April 20, 2026 Less than a week before new rules broadening the scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act were set to take effect, the U. S. Department of Justice is pushing off the deadline by more than a year and…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (458+ words) by Shaun Heasley | January 30, 2026 Jakob Velez uses a Tobbi Dynabox communication device to talk with his family at his home in Las Vegas in 2024. Velez was born with chromosome 2 deletion, causing intellectual disability and developmental delays. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (488+ words) by Shaun Heasley | July 18, 2025 New research divides autism into at least four distinct subtypes. (Dreamstime/TNS) There are at least four distinct subtypes of autism, a new study finds, helping to explain the various trajectories of individuals on the spectrum…...