This story features Beeline Reader for enhanced readability. Click to turn the feature on or off. Learn more about this technology here. “One of the greatest contributing factors to lower achievement ...

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, some “otherwise qualified” individuals with disabilities are protected from discrimination and ...

Groups that advocate on behalf of specific disabilities are proliferating, fueled by a medical establishment that can trace disorders down to their very genes and a communication system that can ...

In a crowded elementary school auditorium in October, two students approached the microphone to introduce the day’s guest speaker: an author who had come to read her book to the assembled students.

Caroline Richter, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Psychology, says learning disabilities are common, and there are many ways for parents to ...

SDSC Disability Resources provides accommodations to Western Illinois University students with disabilities. Accommodations are determined by a combination of disability documentation which supports ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Specific learning disabilities are among the most common reasons students in Wisconsin receive special education services, with more than 126,000 students statewide on ...

Want to know another very underrepresented group in children’s books? People with learning disabilities and learning ...