Special Needs

What evaluation questions do parents have? The National Center for Learning Disabilities shares 10 things parents need to know about LD evaluation.

Going back to school can be a stressful time for children with special needs. Here are some fun sensory-based ideas to ease the transition into the school year.

It's not always easy to tell whether it's attention deficit disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder that's causing your child to be fidgety, inattentive, or distracted.

Attention deficit information about ADHD symptoms, medication, treatment, diagnosis, and parenting ADD children from the experts at ADDitude magazine.

Expert advice from an experienced ADHD Mom and M.D

For people with inattentive ADHD, succeeding in a world of noise and distraction can seem like an impossible dream. But with determination and support, it doesn't have to be.

Education Week reporter Nirvi Shah tracks news and trends of interest to the special education community, including administrators, teachers, and parents.

Jerry Wooliver, who has cerebral palsy, was a little boy when he was taken from his mother and siblings and sent to a state institution. It took 61 years for him to find his family again.

My son Jay was identified with multiple learning disabilities when he was just a toddler. When he was admitted to a school in New York for special education students, no one knew whether he could ever learn to read. I do not know where in his soul he found the drive and motivation, but he learned to do what many people said could not be done — he learned to read at age nine.

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AutismClassroom has launched an online magazine for teachers, administrators, and parents that provides practical solutions and information about teaching students with autism and related needs. Due to the continuous increase in students with autism in school systems and the decrease in funding for many programs, the need for professional development and peer guidance for those teaching children with autism is present like never before. Teachers and administrators are searching for unique and creative methods to fill this this need. The online publication, Autism Classroom Magazine, provides solutions on a monthly basis.

One in 88 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, representing a 23 percent increase in prevalence from the previous autism report, released in 2009, which estimated that autism affected one in 110 children. The new CDC report revealed that 11.3 of every 1,000 8-year-olds has an autism spectrum disorder.

In a small classroom of the Lebanese School for the Blind and Deaf (LSBD) in Baabda, Rafa Rizk, 15, demonstrates the art of typing in braille.

Boys who stopped ADHD treatment at higher risk for negative consequences.

Apple is at the vanguard of a push behind technology that's helping old-fashioned Braille replace text-to-speech audio for the blind – and it couldn't have come at a more critical time

Steven Spielberg joins Tom Cruise and more who have dyslexia.

St. Louis (KSDK) - Most doctors choose their specialty. In the case of Dr. Jan Brunstrom, her specialty chose her.
"I never thought I would do this," she explained.

A man left paralysed in an accident in Colombia reaches the half-way point on a virtual 550-mile cycle ride.

IRELAND’S only deaf-blind music teacher has told how she is living proof that all disabilities can be overcome

Find making a decision to be challenging? Afraid to make the wrong choice? Learn how to decide -- even under pressure. Plus, how to make decisions that can boost your productivity and your mood!

All children are very special little people basking in the warm glow of love bestowed on them by family and friends and even, when they are looking or behaving particularly well, by their teachers too!

Summit hears use of social networks could greatly improve lives.