Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York are involved in investigations of Shrub Oak International School.
The department violated state and federal law when it refused to provide records.
People with developmental disabilities are seven times more likely to encounter police.
Autistic adults say controversial behavior interventions — designed to ‘extinguish’ autistic traits — are not acceptable.
Researchers, therapists and autistic adults who themselves were ABA patients are pushing back.
About 1 out of every 100 students in American public schools has autism.
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Microschools occupy a space between homeschooling and private schooling but can get public funding.
Autism is being diagnosed more in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids.
Telehealth is bringing new options to remote Indigenous communities for people with developmental needs.
Families can use the funds for living expenses, medical care, education and more.
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