Special Education & Inclusion

4+ hour, 55+ min ago   (424+ words) Sinn Féin Leader and TD for Dublin Central, Mary Lou McDonald, has today written to the Minister for Education, Hildegarde Naughton, and the Minister for Special Education, Michael Moynihan, calling on them to urgently intervene to address unsafe levels of…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (625+ words) A special needs school in Dublin has enforced a reduced timetable at short notice over severe staff shortages. An Cosán Community Special School in Dublin 7 sent an email to parents at 3pm on Sunday afternoon stating that junior pupils would be…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago   (869+ words) students with disabilities who haven't gotten an individualized education program, or IEP should get the process started in October, advocates say. "The experts say (with) early intervention, you'll be able to help your child more," said Inga Cotton, a San…...

10+ hour, 1+ min ago   (908+ words) Cape Argus The invisible work of South Africa’s special-school teachers Dr Elzahn Rinquest is a senior lecturer in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Stellenbosch University. It is 7am. The teacher's bags are already in the classroom. She has laid…...

9+ hour, 3+ min ago   (552+ words) Leaders in the Law/ Up and Coming Lawyers Learning disabilities don’t need to limit potential and ability Dale E. Durrer//October 5, 2026// In 1985, Congress formally designated October as Learning Disabilities Awareness Month and President Ronald Reagan issued a presidential proclamation recognizing…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (946+ words) A student makes her way down a hallway to go home for the day at Franklin Elementary School on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas. Special education advocates recommend families start requesting special education evaluations from their school districts in…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago   (364+ words) Westmorland and Furness Council is continuing to deliver its most ambitious school maintenance programme to date, following a packed schedule of repairs and upgrades over the summer months. The Council has committed £4.85 million in its 2026/27 budget to help ensure local…...

18+ hour, 22+ min ago   (472+ words) I built ReadEase for my friend’s mom, who has lived with dyslexia her entire life. Commercial assistive apps either felt overly complicated, were cluttered with ads, or required expensive monthly subscriptions. I wanted to give her a calm, dignified, and…...

15+ hour, 12+ min ago   (252+ words) This is my third year working with high school students in special education, and one thing I have learned is that no two … 5 Ways I’ve Made My Classroom More Inclusive as a Special Education Teacher This is my third year…...

22+ hour, 28+ min ago   (804+ words) While hosting storytelling classes at San Rafael’s Autistry Studios, Ken Pontac began to notice a theme in the stories his students chose to tell. “Every class I’ve ever had has had a story about a kid who wanted to fly,…...