Restraint is emerging as a hot-button topic among autistic self-advocates and some parents. People on both sides feel their position is obviously correct: Restraint leads to abuse, and should be ...

Three staffers at a now-closed El Dorado Hills school indicted in the death of a 13-year-old student with autism spectrum disorder while in their care have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the ...

JoAnna Holton’s son struggled with his new school environment when he started Kindergarten at Jamison Elementary School in the Central Bucks School District last year. “Hitting himself,” said the mom ...

CONCORD (KRON)— The U.S. Department of Education has ruled that the Oakland Unified School District discriminated against a student who has autism. This after they found that the 9-year-old had been ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning released the findings of its investigation of an alleged child abuse incident at an IU13 facility in East Lampeter ...

ADAM SEXTON REPORTS, SOME THINK A BILL BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH. EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY AT THE STATEHOUSE. AS PARENTS TELL LAWMAKERS ABOUT THEIR KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SUFFERING ...

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