The following is a personal essay that reflects the opinion of its author. December 10, 2025 As a director of disability services in higher education, I am deeply troubled by the framing and assumptions of such services in “Accommodation Nation” an article recently in The Atlantic that positions college accommodations as a burden, casts suspicion […]
The Special Education Needs Services (SENS) Department proudly joins the global community in observing the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPwD) under the 2025 United Nations theme, “Fostering Disability-Inclusive Societies for Advancin TCI Sun
𝐌𝐂𝐀𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 Kirinyaga County Assembly has approved a resolution compelling all County-run Early Childhood Development Education Centres (ECDEs) and Vocational Training facebook.com
The approach that parents take with their children who have developmental disabilities is directly tied to how cooperative and independent they become, new research suggests. In an analysis of existing studies looking at the influence of parenting on children with special needs, researchers found that when moms and dads employed so-called positive parenting, their kids […]
The Ministry of Education, represented by the Department of Special Education and Talent Development, organized a series of events and activities to celebrate International Day of People with Disabilities, which falls on December 3rd each year, QNA reported. These events included a talk entitled “Educational Services Provided to Students with Disabilities in Education Schools in […]
Upon discovering that his son was musically inclined, Valentin Anaya enrolled the high school student in a music class at Socorro High, only to find that the boy had been marked absent nearly 40 times halfway through the first semester. Valentin “Gogo” Anaya, a junior, is autistic and his father said he did not respond […]
If your child has a disability, any information inundated with you can be both a blessing and a burden. You can find the right doctors to guide you and your child to the right places for help, but as you do this, your whole family may be worrying about the future. My parents were just […]
SINGAPORE – If there is one thing Victoria Junior College student Aaron Sim would like to say to other children with severe physical disabilities, it is to lead lives with a positive outlook. This approach helped the 16-year-old, who suffers from limb girdle muscular dystrophy and Asperger’s Syndrome, achieve excellent academic performance during his school […]
At the meeting During the exchange, the chairman of the Education Sector Union of Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Thi Gai, said that one of the greatest challenges for a teacher this time is to reconcile work and family, between traditional teaching methods and innovative methods, individualization teaching . “Silent Roses” is not just a […]
Susan Book knows how bad things can get when a child doesn’t have a stable, trusted special education teacher. Her son Emerson is 11 years old and is autistic. He identifies as a student with a disability. “I attribute autism to its absolutely amazing creative brain,” said Book. “He comes with song parodies and jokes […]
SINGAPORE – Mr. Nirat Singh Rajpal dreamed of inventing headphones for others like him who suffer from hearing loss. When he found out that such headphones already existed, Mr. Nirat founded an organization in Vietnam at the age of 16 to help students with the same disease. The Singaporean, who grew up in Vietnam, has […]
“As well as the reasoning was meant, it was not an approved exception,” he said. “It made us aware of the need to be more consistent in the way we clarified and monitored the mask requirement. If there is any difference this year, it is that the policy is followed as it is written. “ […]
