The Education Department, established in 1979, oversees schools and colleges in the U.S. and has the authority to protect students from discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or disability. Its ...

The Ombudsman for Children has called for maternity hospitals to record the number of disabled children born annually. As ...

Lilyan Damato runs toward danger. She has torn screens to climb out windows, intentionally bangs her head on hard surfaces — ...

The parent of a six-year-old child with additional needs and a heart condition found her alone in a "locked" room when he ...

More than a third (41%) of parents who care for a child with a disability or long-term illness have considered suicide, research has found.

A man has appeared in court charged with murdering both of his parents and his younger brother. Robert O’Connor, 31, is ...

“I was at the park with my friend, and we both were just in awe,” Cook, 31, told Newsweek. “As a mom of a disabled child, I usually brace myself for stares or awkward questions and we’ve had plenty of ...

Texas' special education system can be confusing. We asked several advocates and experts to break it down for parents and ...

I agree with you that it would be best for Henry to be able to go to school, make friends, learn from many different teachers ...

Most people have no understanding of intellectual disability, or how it differs from autism and Down’s syndrome ...

That was the case when the lights went down in the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Ashburn, Virginia, during a matinee on Sept. 13. As soon as the music started, Rosie — who knows all of Lin-Manuel Miranda ...

PHOENIX — A state Division of Developmental Disabilities executive apologized to hundreds of parents on Wednesday during an online town hall and outlined the reasons for the upcoming cuts to thousands ...