DisabilityScoop.com: High Court Backs More Robust Standard For FAPE
Friday, 13 October 2017
In a unanimous ruling with major implications for special education, the U.S. Supreme Court said that public schools must provide students with disabilities more than a minimal benefit. The decision issued Wednesday comes in a case known as Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which pitted the parents of a Colorado boy with autism
- Published in disability, education, Latest News
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Scientific American: Gut Bacteria May Play a Role in Autism
Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Gut Bacteria May Play a Role in Autism Evidence is mounting that intestinal microbes exacerbate or perhaps even cause some of autism’s symptoms By Melinda Wenner Moyer on September 1, 2014 Bacteroides fragilis Credit: CNRI/SCIENCE SOURCE Autism is primarily a disorder of the brain, but research suggests that as many as nine out of 10
- Published in Brain Injury, Latest News
ScienceDaily: How should we handle boys who can’t read?
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
How should we handle boys who can’t read? The way we teach reading to both boys and girls can benefit from following evidence-based learning methods Norwegian University of Science and Technology Boys are much worse at reading than girls. The disparities have been quite consistent over 15 years. New insights may give hope — if
- Published in Dyslexia, education, Latest News, Learning Disorders
NYS Enacts Bipartisan Dyslexia Legislation to Address Common Learning Disability in Students
Saturday, 09 September 2017
Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon and Senator Martin Golden Announce the Enactment of Bipartisan Dyslexia Legislation to Address Common Learning Disability in Students August 22, 2017 Brooklyn, NY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law dyslexia legislation that will improve the lives of thousands of students. A.8262/S.6581 will improve awareness of and understanding of dyslexia, the most
- Published in Dyslexia, education, Latest News, Learning Disorders
