Special education is tailored to meet the needs of students with disabilities. The services and supports one child receives may be very different from what another child receives. It’s all about individualization. What’s important is giving kids the resources they need to make progress in school. What is special education? What do you imagine when...Read More

Ages 3-5 years *Content supplied by raisingchildren.net.au. Speech is the ability to produce the sounds that form words. Language is the words that your child understands and uses as well as how they uses them. Stages of speech and language development In their fourth year, your child might: begin to use more complex sentences that include words...Read More

Holly Pearson, Ph.D.Chapman UniversityEmail: pears122@mail.chapman.eduMeghan Cosier, Ph.D.Joanne J. Kim, Ph.D.Audri M. Gomez, Ph.DCarol Hines, Ph.D.Aja A. McKee, Ph.D.Litzy Z. Ruiz, M.A. Keywords: Disability Studies, Higher Education, Doctoral Education, TransformationAbstract As a field, Disability Studies has gained ground in the past few decades by highlighting alternative ways of thinking about disability as a social, cultural, and political...Read More

Abstract This paper reports on the findings of a study that sought to examine firstly, the themes expressed in the art of disabled people in Greece and Cyprus and in interviews with these artists, and secondly, the ways that such art can serve the school curriculum. To this end, an electronic archive of the life...Read More

How are people with disabilities (disabled people) using—or choosing not to use—technologies to promote individual flourishing? Which technologies, and under what circumstances, truly enhance a person’s ability to live the most meaningful life?  Watch the discussion:data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw== Transcript for this event is available here. This event was the second in a series produced by The Hastings Center...Read More

Deciding if a child has ADHD is a process with several steps. This page gives you an overview of how ADHD is diagnosed. There is no single test to diagnose ADHD, and many other problems, like sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, and certain types of learning disabilities, can have similar symptoms. If you are concerned about...Read More

Signs and Symptoms It is normal for children to have trouble focusing and behaving at one time or another. However, children with ADHD do not just grow out of these behaviors. The symptoms continue, can be severe, and can cause difficulty at school, at home, or with friends. A child with ADHD might: daydream a...Read More

What is disability? A disability is any condition of the body or mind (impairment) that makes it more difficult for the person with the condition to do certain activities (activity limitation) and interact with the world around them (participation restrictions). There are many types of disabilities, such as those that affect a person’s: VisionMovementThinkingRememberingLearningCommunicatingHearingMental healthSocial...Read More

Your odds of becoming disabled before you retire are about 1 in 3. And some of the causes of disability might surprise you. Some conditions that cause people to miss work include:  Arthritis Back pain Heart disease Cancer Depression Diabetes Here’s a closer look at some of the most common disabling conditions — and some tips on how to protect...Read More

Behavior modification is a complex term that has different meanings for different professionals. For some, it refers to techniques that are coercive or intended to create pain. CPI strongly opposes treatment modalities that adversely affect a person’s Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security℠ and does not teach behavior modification. Rather, we teach safe, noninvasive, and nonharmful behavior...Read More