Schools, Parents Aim To Make Up Pandemic Losses For Students In Special Ed
After students with disabilities missed out on services during the pandemic, some schools say they will try to make up for lost learning, but parents and advocates worry it won’t…
Parents Oppose Ban On Restraint, Seclusion In Schools
A proposal in one state to prohibit schools from using restraint and seclusion on students with disabilities is under fire from an unlikely group — some of the students’ parents.…
Ellah Murray received her Go Baby Go car modified by students
The Go Baby Go project is designed to assist students with mobility … program teaches students about assistive technology and user-centered design.
Op-ed: As colleges reopen, don't overlook blind, deaf accessibility
Whatever “back to school” might mean for the new semester, ensuring the full accessibility of instruction and online resources for all students is key to …
Impact Stories — Unified Schools/Special Olympics
Throughout June, OSERS will celebrate the graduating high school class of 2020. This first blog in the series highlights three students who participated in the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools
‘The equal opportunity I needed’: U of T Accessibility Services supports students during COVID-19
When in-person classes ended in mid-March, accessibility services staff at the University of Toronto’s three campuses faced a daunting challenge: how to ensure the more than 7,000 students who use…
The children being left behind by America's online schooling
A current record from EdSource discovered that 1.2 million pupils in California do not have accessibility to a gadget or the web. Halfway throughout the …
COVID-19 Leaves Blind Students Even Further Behind
In some cases, she's heard that families also don't have the assistive technology necessary to keep their students learning from home. “Blind students …
US Department of Education Releases Webinar, Fact Sheet for Protecting Students' Civil Rights …
Online learning tools must be accessible to students with disabilities, and … "OCR's accessibility webinar is intended to remind school leaders at the …
Ministry prioritises pupils with learning disabilities
Assistive technology involves re-habilitative devices for people with disabilities … She said NFVI had assisted the ministry to procure assistive devices, …