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 […]
By Ramya Kumar Kuppi Talk stands for the democratization of education and educational spaces by dealing with questions of access, (in) equality, exclusion and marginalization in our education systems. In discussions with school principals / teachers, parents and students, this Kuppi Talk deals with the everyday forms of violence and exclusion of children with special […]
Mother on misconceptions about parenting with disabilities | PEOPLE.com Skip to content Top navigation Close this dialog box Discover PEOPLE.com Close this dialog box Share & more Close this dialog box View picture Alyssa Higgins says people “underestimate” their parenting as a disabled mother: “They want to attack” This link takes you to an external […]
A massive outcry from civil society, parents and educators about the possibility of taxpayers to claim relief for the education of the disabled has led the South African tax office (Sars) to do a complete U-turn. Harmful changes in 2020 and this year, which would have made it impossible for many parents to be able […]
The Clark County School District violated federal disability law by failing to provide services that would adequately meet the needs of a student with dyslexia, a federal judge in Nevada ruled last week. In a stinging reprimand, Judge Richard Boulware wrote that the school district failed to address the student’s specific needs and ignored professional […]
Illustration by Laurène Boglio Hello and welcome to the community newsletter! I am your host, Chelsey B. Coombs, the engagement editor of Spectrum. Our first Twitter thread this week is from Kristen Bottema-Beutel, an associate professor at Boston College in Massachusetts. Her new study on autism looked at the interactions between autistic children and their […]
Is Autism a Disability? If it’s not a disability, what is autism? Is it a disorder? Or is it just a different way of responding to people and the world around us? These are questions that many parents ask themselves, but also people from the spectrum themselves. Unfortunately, the answers are far from easy. According […]
Cover of the book We move together[image: Book cover with an orange background. An illustration of the lower halves of five folks is at the top: A yellow guide dog, a person with brown skin using a cane, a person with brown skin standing with their hand on their hip, a person with white skin […]
