Youth With Disabilities – Youth Today https://youthtoday.org Independent, nationally distributed news for professionals in the youth services field. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 21:29:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 https://youthtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/12/orig-80x80.png Youth With Disabilities – Youth Today https://youthtoday.org 32 32 Parents with disabilities have faced discrimination for years. New rules help insure child welfare systems treat them more fairly https://youthtoday.org/2024/09/parents-with-disabilities-have-faced-discrimination-for-years-in-the-us-but-new-rules-will-help-ensure-that-child-welfare-systems-treat-them-more-fairly/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:29:20 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1111753

Yet child welfare workers don't receive formal training on working with parents with disabilities.

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School district with highest student arrest rate in the nation agrees to reform how it disciplines disabled students https://youthtoday.org/2024/09/school-district-highest-arrest-rate-agrees-reform-discipline-disabled-students/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:57:05 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1111410

The agreement concludes a federal civil rights investigation into Four Rivers Special Education District.

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How could Project 2025 change education? https://youthtoday.org/2024/08/how-could-project-2025-change-education/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/08/how-could-project-2025-change-education/#comments Fri, 09 Aug 2024 10:32:00 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110624

This “manual for conservative policy thought” would transform American education from start to finish.

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Three states have warned against sending students to an unregulated boarding school for youth with autism https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/three-states-have-warned-against-sending-students-to-an-unregulated-boarding-school-for-youth-with-autism/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:32:31 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110172

Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York are involved in investigations of Shrub Oak International School.

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Report: Some Michigan districts are not equitably funding schools with higher needs https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/report-some-michigan-districts-not-equitably-funding-schools-higher-needs/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:58:07 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1109722

Only 55% of schools in Michigan’s 25 largest districts showed patterns of equitable spending.

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Autism, dyslexia, ADHD: How colleges are helping ‘neurodivergent’ students succeed https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/autism-dyslexia-adhd-how-colleges-are-helping-neurodivergent-students-succeed/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/autism-dyslexia-adhd-how-colleges-are-helping-neurodivergent-students-succeed/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2024 21:05:19 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1109671

University of San Diego professors are developing programs to empower neurodivergent students to thrive.

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Missouri appeals court sides with transgender student in $4 million discrimination case https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/missouri-appeals-court-sides-with-transgender-student-in-4-million-discrimination-case/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:28:33 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1109605

Different treatment based on assumed genitali was discrimination on the basis of sex.

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New York Education Department hindered an abuse investigation at boarding school for autistic youth https://youthtoday.org/2024/05/new-york-ed-dept-hindered-abuse-investigation-boarding-school-autistic-youth/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/05/new-york-ed-dept-hindered-abuse-investigation-boarding-school-autistic-youth/#comments Fri, 31 May 2024 15:58:57 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1109548

The department violated state and federal law when it refused to provide records.

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As more youth struggle with behavior and traditional supports fall short, clinicians are partnering with lawyers to help https://youthtoday.org/2024/05/as-more-youth-struggle-with-behavior-and-traditional-supports-fall-short-clinicians-are-partnering-with-lawyers-to-help/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/05/as-more-youth-struggle-with-behavior-and-traditional-supports-fall-short-clinicians-are-partnering-with-lawyers-to-help/#comments Wed, 08 May 2024 18:32:47 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1108614

In medical-legal partnerships, health and law professionals team up to address health-harming legal needs.

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LGBTQ students wonder what’s next as conservative states seek to block new Title IX rules https://youthtoday.org/2024/05/lgbtq-students-wonder-conservative-states-seek-block-new-title-ix-rules/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/05/lgbtq-students-wonder-conservative-states-seek-block-new-title-ix-rules/#comments Fri, 03 May 2024 14:57:31 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1108658

Two days after new Title IX rules were published, 15 states announced they're suing.

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‘Universal design’ builds in accessibility for disabled people on the front end https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/universal-design-builds-in-accessibility-for-disabled-people-on-the-front-end/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/universal-design-builds-in-accessibility-for-disabled-people-on-the-front-end/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:32:31 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1108509

Universal design views everyone’s needs for access as equally important, regardless of their limitations. 

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Texas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/texas-politics-leave-transgender-foster-youth-isolated-during-and-after-life-in-state-care/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/texas-politics-leave-transgender-foster-youth-isolated-during-and-after-life-in-state-care/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:32:15 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1108379

LGBTQ+ foster kid support vanished; silence blankets the agency tasked with raising LGBTQ+ children.

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Students with disabilities more likely to be suspended for disorderly conduct and insubordination https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/students-with-disabilities-are-more-likely-than-their-peers-to-be-suspended-for-subjective-infractions-such-as-disorderly-conduct-and-insubordination/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/students-with-disabilities-are-more-likely-than-their-peers-to-be-suspended-for-subjective-infractions-such-as-disorderly-conduct-and-insubordination/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:32:07 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1108244

Categories like these are cited hundreds of thousands of times yearly to justify suspensions.

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From camper to staff: How one camp’s mission changes lives https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/from-camper-to-staff-how-one-camps-mission-changes-lives/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 10:32:38 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1107779

Camp Twin Lakes provides experiences that are both medically and physically adaptive and supportive.

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Freezin’ for a reason: Georgia Special Olympics finds fundraising success https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/freezin-for-a-reason-georgia-special-olympics-finds-fundraising-success/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:32:28 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1107806

Hundreds of people gathered at Lake Acworth to "Polar Plunge" into frigid waters.

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When police encounters with autistic people turn fatal https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/ryan-gainer-police-encounters-autistic-people-turn-fatal/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/ryan-gainer-police-encounters-autistic-people-turn-fatal/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:02:45 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1107584

People with developmental disabilities are seven times more likely to encounter police.

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No more cures, no more fixes: How autistic leaders are changing the therapy debate https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/no-more-cures-no-more-fixes-how-autistic-leaders-are-changing-the-therapy-debate/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/no-more-cures-no-more-fixes-how-autistic-leaders-are-changing-the-therapy-debate/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:32:14 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1107443

Autistic adults say controversial behavior interventions — designed to ‘extinguish’ autistic traits — are not acceptable.

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America’s most popular autism therapy may not work — and may seriously harm patients’ mental health https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/most-popular-autism-therapy-may-not-work-may-harm-mental-health/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/most-popular-autism-therapy-may-not-work-may-harm-mental-health/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:03:16 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1107355

Researchers, therapists and autistic adults who themselves were ABA patients are pushing back.

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Podcast: The Mental Healthcare Crisis and AI https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/podcast-the-mental-healthcare-crisis-and-ai/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:32:57 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1107171

Can AI fill in for a shortage of human therapists?

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There’s a mental health crisis among American teens. Many are becoming their own mental health advocates.  https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/theres-a-mental-health-crisis-among-american-teens-many-are-becoming-their-own-mental-health-advocates/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/theres-a-mental-health-crisis-among-american-teens-many-are-becoming-their-own-mental-health-advocates/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:32:59 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1107164

The suicide of Julie Hansen's two closest friends to inspired her to speak out.

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