Opportunity of a Lifetime: My Experience as an OSEP Scholar
This Teacher Appreciation Week, a few Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Scholars who completed their degree programs with support from a Personnel Development to Improve Services for Children with
Ed Department Earmarks $224 Million To Improve Transition For Students With Disabilities
Federal officials are offering up big money in a bid to help young people with disabilities move more successfully from school to work. The post Ed Department Earmarks $224 Million…
Biden Administration Gives States More Time To Spend Disability Services Funds
States will get extra time to spend billions of federal dollars aimed at bolstering Medicaid home and community-based services after it took longer than expected for the money to make…
United Spinal Celebrates a Win on SCI Model Systems
Due to United Spinal’s advocacy, in March Congress approved a $3.5 million funding increase for the National Institute of Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research 2022 budget. $2 million will go toward
England to Get About 500 New Accessible Toilets
About 500 new large accessible toilets for severely disabled people are to be installed across England after the government awarded £23.5m of funding. Changing Places Toilets (CPTs) have been mandatory in…
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Congress Boosts Funding For Special Ed, Disability Programs
A $1.5 trillion spending bill signed by President Joe Biden will mean more money for special education and other programs for people with disabilities, but advocates say it’s not enough.…
Inflation Prices Outgrowing Social Security Benefits
Social Security recipients say monthly expenditures from January 2021 to January of 2022 grew far more than the amount the COLA-boosted benefits
Just 29% of students in England with disabilities receiving DSA allowance – analysis
Disability Just 29% of students in England with disabilities receiving DSA allowance – analysis Students complain of bureaucracy and delays when applying for disabled students’ allowance The report was by…
Education Secretary Calls For Increased Funding For IDEA
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is pushing for more funding to meet the needs of students with disabilities and to support special education teachers. The post Education Secretary Calls…