As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

Adults with developmental disabilities deserve Real Lives Although the Real Lives law, guaranteeing the right to self-direct and ordering the Department of Developmental Services to make it happen, ...

School districts prepare students for post-grad life, but skills and potential are lost as Chicago families try to figure out the next steps on their own. Seven months after he graduated from an ...

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — Georgia College and State University are telling folks with intellectual disabilities that their education matters too. The college launched the GCSU Thrive Initiative– a two-year ...

Federal officials are introducing a variety of new resources to help family caregivers who need time away from work to support an adult child with a disability. The U.S. Department of Labor has ...

People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Christopher McGeever was 22, he aged out of the educational services available to him and needed to enroll in another program for adults with disabilities. There are several ...

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