K-12 for Children with Disabilities
K-12 education for children with disabilities can be challenging for everyone involved, as parents, teachers, and administrators must collaborate for a successful outcome. Special needs students may include those with mild-to-severe learning disabilities, developmental delays, physical limitations, emotional issues, or some combination of these. Consequently, it will be up to the parents to decide whether the local public school or one of the special education schools that deal specifically with their child's issue is the best choice. For more information about your choices, check out the following articles.
Find out what to expect on the campus of a school for the deaf and blind, and which states combine the two disabilities in their state school.
Special education needs can often be augmented with software and/or hardware for your home computer. Take a look at some of the best options on the market.
Special Education Needs: Top Nine Assistive Technology Products for Special Needs Kids
One of the toughest challenges parents of students with disabilities face is how to navigate the public education system to secure the best education for their children. As this guide makes clear, it’s no easy task, but it can be done.
IEP Education Guide Helps Parents Advocate for Students with Disabilities
High School/High Tech is a unique private/public collaborative readying high school students with disabilities for employment in companies that generate or utilize high technology.
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Building a Healthy, Supportive Environment for Differently-Abled Children
Families living with a disability face some unique challenges, but in today’s world there are many opportunities for disabled children to live full, active and exciting lives.
New Series: Those Who Inspire Us
Who is your hero? Ask men and women on the street - Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder would most likely be the first remembered for overcoming their disabilities and propelling their way to stardom....
Those Who Inspire Us: New Series
An inspirational story submitted by Tim Enfield, founder of The Think Alive Foundation and friend to the disaboom.com community. What is your disability? How will you make it work for you?
Teaching Blind Children: Are Schools for the Blind Obsolete?
Are schools for the blind necessary with today’s assistive technology, or should teaching blind children be part of the public school system? Examine pros and cons you’ve never before considered.
Teaching Children with Cerebral Palsy
What are the keys for teaching children with cerebral palsy? Find out who should be involved and what to consider.
State Schools for the Deaf Teach ASL to All Ages
Find out why some students in these largely residential state schools for the deaf don't go home for breaks, and why many in the education field consider them language schools.
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