In thinking about the call for inclusive education as put forth in the CRPD (as well as other international documents such as the Salamanca Statement), I am struck with how the segregated recycling ...

Subjects attending full-time special education (SE) often have multifactorial background for their cognitive impairment, and brain MRI may show nonspecific changes. As voxel-based morphometry reveals ...

For more than 30 years, a movement has been underway in the United States to create campus programs for students with intellectual disabilities to pursue higher education and reap learning and career ...

Oliver McGowan was 18 years old when he was hospitalized in England with recurrent seizures and pneumonia. He was autistic, and he and his parents had one specific request for the medical team: no ...

Researchers have unveiled innovative strategies to promote healthy eating habits among adolescents with special needs. MaryAnn Demchak, Ph.D., BCBA-D., professor of special education at the University ...

STAT now publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays to encourage robust, good-faith discussion about difficult issues. Submit a Letter to the Editor here, or ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Jen Anderman loves college. She lives on campus at Regis University, is learning about world ...

As demand continues to grow for colleges and universities to serve students with intellectual disabilities, a recently formed accreditation council is focused on ensuring that programs meet quality ...

In 1876, Dr. Brown joined a group of other directors who operated schools for the “feebleminded”, and together they created the Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and ...

Jean Hauff, college student and advocate for people who have an intellectual disability, stands near her desk at the Institute on Community Integration in Minneapolis.