Special Education Faces Teacher Shortages
The United States is facing a supply-demand problem, as noted by Education Next in a 2024 article. In May 2024,...
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Record Number of Students with Disabilities Enrolled in 2022-23
The Report on the Condition of Education 2024, recently released by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education...
Teen Wins Award For A Coding Program
In 2020, Sreenidi Bala, a teenager from Farmington, Connecticut, started a passion project that would change the lives of hundreds...
New Movie Features Autistic Actor
In an article on the Fraser website, the writer notes that movies and tv shows have often gotten “much about...
Transitioning From Acceptance to Appreciation in the Autism Community
This Autism Acceptance Month, I want to challenge us, as a community, to take the steps necessary to go beyond...
Self-Advocacy Matters. Here’s What You Need to Know
Without disability advocacy, the autistic community would not be thriving today. Autistic children would not be able to attend school,...
Upcoming Broadway Musical Puts Autism on Stage
How to Dance in Ohio, a new musical, will open on Broadway on December 10, 2023, at the Belasco Theatre,...
Reflecting on the Life of a Disability Rights Trailblazer
Judith Heumann, the “mother of the disability rights movement,” and an influential figure throughout the disability community, passed away on...
Preparing Neurodivergent College Students for Careers
When I first entered the gates of Mercyhurst University in the spring of 2017, I was excited, but also scared....
