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Better Hearing & Speech Month 2015: Early Intervention Counts
Each May, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) highlights Better Hearing & Speech Month (BHSM) to raise awareness about communication disorders. The 2015 theme is “Early...
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ED’s Let’s Read! Let’s Move! Celebrates Access to the Arts and the 25th...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Let’s Read! Let’s Move! Celebrates Access to the Arts and the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Photo credits: U.S. Dept. of Education On July...
View ArticleLearning Disabilities Awareness Month: Beyond the Dys in Dyslexia
Guest Author: McKenzie Erickson, Marketing Coordinator at Benetech Dyslexia. It’s a word I’ve heard since the third grade. It was the explanation for why I couldn’t read, why I had to cheat on my...
View ArticleA Look at the Past and a Vision of the Future—IDEA at 40
Guest Author: Jim Stovall, Co-Founder and President, Narrative Television Network As we celebrate and contemplate the impact of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) over the last 40...
View ArticleNational Disability Employment Awareness Month: Work Early, Work Often
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Career preparation is critically important for all young people, but especially for young people with disabilities. In order to be prepared to...
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One Act of Sharing, A World of Difference: When My Teacher Told Me She Had...
An OSERS guest blog by David Flink David Flink is founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of Eye to Eye and author of Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning...
View ArticleRaising Awareness on Specific Learning Disabilities
This blog was cross posted from HOMEROOM, the official ED.gov Blog, and originally appeared on Medium. Last year I learned about Jade, a dynamic 8th grader who struggled to learn to read when she was...
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LD/ADHD Proud to Be: Eye to Eye’s Different Thinkers
As the month of October and Learning Disabilities / Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (LD / ADHD) Awareness Month draws to a close, I have been thinking a lot about how our teams here at OSERS...
View ArticleCelebrating 40 Years of IDEA
A cross-post from ED’s HOMEROOM Blog. This month, our nation marks the 40th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), signed by President Gerald Ford. This law represents a...
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“Why I Teach” — Carissa Barnes, Olivia Enders & Matthew Kirchmann
Teachers Change Lives at: #ThankATeacher | #WhyITeach Carissa Barnes Carissa Barnes During middle school service learning, I volunteered at a childcare center that provided service to families...
View ArticleInclusive Education Vital for All, Including Persons with Disabilities
I want to draw your attention to today’s News Release from the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner regarding the importance of inclusive education for all people, including...
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10 Million Book Downloads Today Provides a 10x Model for Tomorrow
This is a cross-post from the Benetech Blog. Benetech is a grantee of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) By Jim Fruchterman, CEO Many years ago I had the wild...
View ArticleNational Disability Employment Awareness Month
Blog from OSERS’ Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Commissioner Janet LaBreck. In recognition of National Disability Employment Month, I would like to share some exciting new opportunities...
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“From Hidden Potential to Harvard”
Guest Blog post by Laura A. Schifter Laura A. Schifter and daughter Ellie At age seven, I was diagnosed with dyslexia. Right after receiving my diagnosis, my parents were told they should not expect...
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“Acceptance & Achievement: Because of my Dyslexia – Not In Spite of It”
Guest Blog post by Caida Mendelsohn Caida Mendelsohn In early elementary school, I was aware that I was different from my classmates. I would get pulled out of class to work with and reading...
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Raising Carly, My Child With A Learning Disability
A guest Blog post by Karen Laughlin, a parent educator at the Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center, the Parenting Training and Information (PTI) Center in North Carolina. Karen Laughlin and...
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Adventures with Lucas
An OSERS Guest Blog post by Kristina Hartsell, a military spouse who has a son with a diagnosis of ADHD. The Hartsell Family at Disneyland I am married to an amazing Army man and together, we have an...
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To The Mother Who Just Learned Her Child Has Down Syndrome
An OSERS Guest Blog post by Eliana Tardio, a mother with two children with Down syndrome. Ayelen and Emir holding hands Ayelen and I was five months pregnant and ready to learn my baby’s gender. All I...
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Baby G — Spreading Awareness
An OSERS Guest Blog post by Felipe Martinez, a father of a daughter with Down syndrome. The Martinez family, including Baby G. We started with 32 week old twins. Throughout that struggle, we had no...
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“Voices from the Field” Interview with Deborah Dixon, American...
Deborah Dixon, ASHA Director of School Services “True collaboration requires a lot of trust, but once you build that trust you understand that no one person can be responsible for a child’s progress”....
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