New article from Special Needs Jungle:
Following on from the £3 billion capital funding extravaganza that Matt explained recently, the Department for Education has announced a much smaller sum for SEND training across the education age …
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Tania Tirraoro
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New article from Special Needs Jungle:
Alice Reeves, parent It’s clear the Government is trying to push more children, particularly neurodivergent ones, away from specialist settings to mainstream schools or units, where thousands have already been …
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New article from Special Needs Jungle:
Yesterday (12/1/26), many of the Save Our Children’s Rights team, including Tania, Renata, Gill, and Rachel from SNJ, descended on Downing Street to hand in the 133k-signature-strong petition that changed …
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As federal officials look to clarify recent rules designed to bar disability discrimination in health care, a long-simmering lawsuit threatens to invalidate them altogether.
The post States Decline To Drop Lawsuit Threatening Disability Rights Protections appeared first on Disability Scoop.
The first generation of senior citizens living with IDD means added demand for group homes and other residential facilities as their families, who often care for them, also age.
The post As People With Disabilities Live Longer, Facilities Rework Services appeared first on Disability Scoop.
Faced with the prospect of a new play area with equipment inaccessible to some classmates, a group of fourth-graders petitioned to block the design and then set out to create a worthy replacement.
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A study in the American Journal of Psychiatry confirms what many parents of kids with ADHD have learned through experience:...Read more
The post Kids Do Not Outgrow ADHD first appeared on Smart Kids.
For the first time, a Barbie doll with features designed to account for the ways in which individuals with autism experience the world is hitting the market.
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New article from Special Needs Jungle:
It’s hard to keep track of things with the current flurry of recent reports, ‘open conversations’ and shady briefings on SEND. But back in March 2025, the government announced some …
The post EXCLUSIVE: LAs largely ignored Government’s “strong recommendation” on how to spend SEND Capital cash appeared first on Special Needs Jungle.
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With a pair of new hires and recent comments, advocates say the Trump administration appears to be actively laying the groundwork to transfer special education out of the U.S. Department of Education.
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The hands-free input system uses AI with communication entirely through facial gestures to help provide more independence for those with limited mobility.
The post Professors And Students Create Software That Helps People With Disabilities appeared first on Disability Scoop.
New article from Special Needs Jungle:
with Liam Virgo, disabled young person with Functional Neurological Disorder SEN and disability can affect anyone at any time. It’s always interesting to wonder if those who decry properly supporting …
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Group home executives in one state are making as much as $2.37 million while the direct support professionals who feed, bathe and spend time with residents with disabilities earn just $21 an hour.
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One of the nation's most well-known people with autism is being honored alongside notables like famed director Steven Spielberg and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
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For the first time ever, a wheelchair user traveled above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.
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