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Walvis Primary School defends claim that 64 percent of its workforce has disabilities

The Walvis Bay Primary School has defended its claim that 64% of its workforce are persons with disabilities.The school was ...
Georgia Bulletin

Open Doors supports students with learning differences in Atlanta’s Catholic schools

The Archdiocese of Atlanta's office of Catholic Schools launched the Open Doors Program to support students with learning ...
El Sol del Valle de San Fernando

Mental Health and Public Health Departments to Implement New Definition to “Grave Disability” Under Conservatorship Law in 2026

On Jan. 1, 2026, the Los Angeles County Departments of Mental Health (LACDMH) and Public Health will implement Senate Bill (SB) 43, the law that expands the definition of “gravely disabled” under ...
Forbes

What CEOs Are Learning About Disability Inclusion At Work

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Keely founded Making Space, closing the disability employment gap. "One of the most striking takeaways from SYNC25 was how many ...
Associated Press

Nnena Kalu is first artist with a learning disability to win the prestigious Turner Prize

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Nnena Kalu, right, is announced as the winner of ...
The New York Times

With Colorful Sculptures, Artist With a Learning Disability Wins the Turner Prize

Nnena Kalu, who uses cardboard and tape to create her work, received the prestigious art award. By Alex Marshall Reporting from Bradford, England Nnena Kalu, an artist who uses videotape, plastic ...
American Enterprise Institute

Learning Disabilities and the Perils of Well-Meaning Programs

I have four grandchildren, three of whom have been diagnosed with learning disabilities. At different times, they have had Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), legally binding documents under the ...
Military.com

Department of Education’s Proposal to Modernize its Definition of Online Distance Learning

The Department of Education revisited proposed changes to asynchronous clock, credit-hour, and subscription-based programs in distance education. In previous years, the Department of Education’s final ...
NPR

50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump

Fifty years ago, just after Thanksgiving of 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, the landmark law that created special education as it exists today, and ...
Education Week

What a New Dyslexia Definition Could Mean for Schools

Corrected: A previous version of this story misstated Devin Kearn’s university affiliation. A recent change to the definition of dyslexia put forth by an international group of researchers and ...
The Lancet

Cancer diagnoses, referrals, and survival in people with a learning disability in the UK: a population-based, matched cohort study

dNational Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration (GM PSRC), The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK eCentre for Primary Care and ...
News Medical

Researchers identify four distinct profiles of Nonverbal Learning Disability

A study published in JAMA Network Open identifies four distinct profiles of Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD), providing evidence that may help refine diagnostic criteria and guide more ...