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State Sued Over Cuts To The Care Of Children With Disabilities
Posted: 06/30/09 12:03
Lawyers for three children with Down syndrome have sued in federal court to stop the state from cutting the hours of in-home care they receive. The reduction in care is slated to begin Wednesday as part of sweeping budget cuts throughout the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). The plaintiffs maintain budget problems cannot legally be used as justification for cutting back the hours of care the children receive. Caretakers for the young people - who range in age from 14 to 20...
Supreme Court - Parents Of Special Education Students Can Seek Reimbursement
Posted: 06/24/09 11:51
In a decision that could cost school districts millions of dollars, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday that parents of special-education students may seek government reimbursement for private school tuition, even if they have never received special-education services in public school. The case before the court involved a struggling Oregon high school student, identified in court documents only as T.A., whose parents removed him from public school in the Forest Grove district part...
Children With Disabilities Shut Out By Economy
Posted: 06/18/09 19:06
Kristen Bardon, 17, applied for a state summer jobs program last week, hoping to add to the part-time job she has at a local bakery. Brennan Srisirikul, 17, will return to a beloved apprenticeship at a local theater, unable to find a better-paying summer gig. Finding a summer job, the classic adolescent rite of passage, is tougher this summer than it has been in decades. But for teens with disabilities like Bardon and Srisirikul, the challenge is so monumental that only a very few may find work...
Corporal Punishment Of Special Education Students Crosses The Line
Posted: 06/11/09 16:57
Mentions of being paddled at school or having a corporal punishment policy tend to conjure up mental images of one room school-houses and boys in suspenders who were caught putting a frog in the lunch pail of a little girl with pigtails. In fact, many parents are confounded to find out that their state actually allows children in public schools to be spanked by teachers and administrators. While Illinois has outlawed corporal punishment since 1993, there are still 22 states that still permit...
Popular Autism Treatment Yields No Benefits
Posted: 06/04/09 08:28
Kids with autism don't benefit from treatment with the popularly prescribed antidepressant citalopram, according to a large, government-funded trial of children with autism and related conditions. The study, published Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry, is the first to show that citalopram doesn't reduce repetitive behaviors that are a key characteristic of autism and are a significant reason why this class of antidepressants is prescribed. Children with autism-spectrum disorders...
Students With Learning Disabilities Finding More Success After High School
Posted: 05/28/09 18:31
Kayla Constantine and Ashley Long are looking forward to college. "I'm excited about getting out there and being on my own," Long said. "I like to learn," Constantine said. "I want to take up French, culinary arts, history." The Penn-Trafford High School seniors, both 18, will graduate in June and start at Westmoreland County Community College in the fall. But they have worked harder than most to get to this point. Now poised and articulate young women, Constantine...
Federal Report Paints Grim Picture Of Restraint Techniques In Schools
Posted: 05/21/09 12:08
230-pound Texas teacher forces a boy face down and lies on top of him, killing him, after he refused to stay seated in class. Weeks after threatening suicide, a 13-year-old boy with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder hangs himself in a seclusion room using a cord a teacher reportedly gave him to hold up his pants. An assistant principal and staff at a Michigan public school failed to offer medical help for an autistic student's seizure, instead placing him in a prone restraint for an...