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In Massachusetts, special education has become less of a stigma to disabled children and more of a perk to savvy parents, according to a recent special report in The Boston Globe .

"Special Ed, A System Disabled" evaluates the state's 25-year-old special education law, the first of its kind and among the most expansive in the nation.

"What was once a pioneering advance in civil rights for the disabled has evolved into an entitlement program increasingly out of control," concludes the two-part report,...

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