Intellectual Disability
Read more about students who have been diagnosed with limited mental abilities that significantly affect learning and daily life
Assessment
New Rules for Testing Students With Disabilities Spark Concerns in Texas
Students tested only on the simplest tasks under Texas' new testing regime will not be counted as proficient under state and federal proficiency standards.
Special Education
Series on Group Home Abuses Earns Journalism Honor
California Watch's reporting on problems with the state-run police force tasked to protect the vulnerable residents of California group homes was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for public service.
Special Education
New Definition of Autism Drops Asperger, PDD-NOS Distinctions
But the major rewrite by psychiatrists of the definition of autism will include all diagnosed with a form of the disorder now, one expert says.
Special Education
Feds Receive Record Number of Complaints About Special Education
The greatest number of complaints were about whether students were receiving a free, appropriate public education.
Special Education
Outcomes for Students With Severe Disabilities Can, Must Improve
The Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination today shared a set of recommendations to better prepare students with significant disabilities for the workforce and continue their education after high school.
Special Education
GAO: Transition for Students With Disabilities Can, Must Improve
The different agencies only coordinate their activities to an extent and don't ever reflect on how effectively they work together, the Government Accountability Office said.
Special Education
Even in 'Mean' Schools, Teams With Students With Disabilities Thrive
Unified Sports teams aren't guaranteed to succeed: Mixing students with intellectual disabilities with their classmates may not work at every school. But some schools have been pleasantly surprised when they did.
Special Education
Changes to Name, Definition of Mental Retardation Raise Concerns
The new definition would rename mental retardation "intellectual developmental disorder," and change how it is diagnosed.
School & District Management
The Intersection of Race and Students With Disabilities
"Racism is endemic," one university professor says of assigning students of color to certain types of disabilities. "Many of us who have been victims are perpetrators of it."
Special Education
Do IQ Tests Wrongly Label Some with Autism as Intellectually Disabled?
By some measures, 70 percent of children with autism have also been labeled as intellectually disabled.
Special Education
Group Acts to Address Overidentification of Black Children as Disabled
The National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities will train parents how to better advocate for their children and address this persistent disproportionality.
Special Education
College Opportunities Emerge for People With Intellectual Disabilities
"We've had now 30 years of access for students with disabilities to go school. They're coming out of that system with a different expectation: Their education should continue."
Special Education
Breakthroughs in Diagnosing, One Day Preventing Autism
A new collection of research makes it possible to diagnose autism in those with Down syndrome, and diagnose autism earlier--and possibly prevent it.
Special Education
Grants for a Mouse, Morphemes, and Mobile Dictionaries
A computer mouse for the foot? A system that keeps a wheelchair user from getting into an accident? A mobile signing math dictionaries with mouth morphemes? These futuristic-sounding creations are now closer to reality.