Youth Today
All posts tagged "disabled youth"
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5.7KNewsHow could Project 2025 change education?
This “manual for conservative policy thought” would transform American education from start to finish.
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1.5KGrantsGrants to address needs of youth with disabilities in Massachusetts and New York
GRANT FOCUS: Youth w/ Disabilities, Mental Health, Marginalized Youth, New York, Massachusetts | Amount: $15,000 - $50,000+ | Deadline: Aug. 7, 2024
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3.2KNewsThree states have warned against sending students to an unregulated boarding school for youth with autism
Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York are involved in investigations of Shrub Oak International School.
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1.1KNewsReport: Some Michigan districts are not equitably funding schools with higher needs
Only 55% of schools in Michigan’s 25 largest districts showed patterns of equitable spending.
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3.6KNewsAutism, dyslexia, ADHD: How colleges are helping ‘neurodivergent’ students succeed
University of San Diego professors are developing programs to empower neurodivergent students to thrive.
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1.1KNewsMissouri appeals court sides with transgender student in $4 million discrimination case
Different treatment based on assumed genitali was discrimination on the basis of sex.
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2.7KNewsNew York Education Department hindered an abuse investigation at boarding school for autistic youth
The department violated state and federal law when it refused to provide records.
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Illinois school districts sent kids to a for-profit out-of-state facility that isn’t vetted or monitored
Some Illinois districts have abdicated their own responsibility to monitor students’ education and welfare.
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1.6KNewsJudge refuses to dismiss all claims by transgender child against state of Tennessee, Williamson County Schools
A challenge of Tennessee’s school restroom/locker room laws by transgender students remains alive.
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1.7KNewsAs more youth struggle with behavior and traditional supports fall short, clinicians are partnering with lawyers to help
In medical-legal partnerships, health and law professionals team up to address health-harming legal needs.
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1.6KNewsLGBTQ students wonder what’s next as conservative states seek to block new Title IX rules
Two days after new Title IX rules were published, 15 states announced they're suing.
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8.2KNews‘Universal design’ builds in accessibility for disabled people on the front end
Universal design views everyone’s needs for access as equally important, regardless of their limitations.
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1.9KNewsNew Title IX rules offer ‘comprehensive coverage’ for LGBTQ+ students and sexual violence survivors
The new regulations from the Biden administration strengthen protections for sex discrimination, reversing Trump-era changes.
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2.1KNewsTexas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care
LGBTQ+ foster kid support vanished; silence blankets the agency tasked with raising LGBTQ+ children.
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2.5KNewsStudents with disabilities more likely to be suspended for disorderly conduct and insubordination
Categories like these are cited hundreds of thousands of times yearly to justify suspensions.
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2.1KNewsFrom camper to staff: How one camp’s mission changes lives
Camp Twin Lakes provides experiences that are both medically and physically adaptive and supportive.
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1.1KNewsFreezin’ for a reason: Georgia Special Olympics finds fundraising success
Hundreds of people gathered at Lake Acworth to "Polar Plunge" into frigid waters.
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1.0KGrants
Grants for projects to assist underserved families of youth/children with disabilities
GRANT FOCUS: Children/Youth with Disabilities, Child/Youth Outcomes, Family Support, Academic Achievement | Amount: Up to $1,600,000 | Deadline: Apr. 24, 2024
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2.0KNewsWhen police encounters with autistic people turn fatal
People with developmental disabilities are seven times more likely to encounter police.
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2.1KNewsNo more cures, no more fixes: How autistic leaders are changing the therapy debate
Autistic adults say controversial behavior interventions — designed to ‘extinguish’ autistic traits — are not acceptable.
