Imagine yourself back in school, and each student in your class is reading a section of a story. As your turn approaches, you get more and more nervous. Nothing could be worse than having to read in ...

As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

The opinion piece “Autistic Isn’t a Bad Word: The Case for Rethinking Your Language ”(April 7, 2023) helped me realize the need to unpack and reevaluate my approach to labeling students with specific ...

BOULDER, Colo. – Established in 1998, the Modified Foreign Languages Program (MFLP) initially focused on speech pathology and language learning disabilities. Over time, the program evolved into its ...

Caroline Richter, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Psychology, says learning disabilities are common, and there are many ways for parents to ...

Andrews is a practicing board-certified psychologist, having published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and given more than 50 public lectures. Her book was the first ...

Disclosing and requesting accommodations based on a disability is a personal decision. Boston College does not require a student to disclose the existence of a disability, but students who wish to ...

In the past, the National Center on Disability and Journalism’s disability language style guide prioritized the use of person-first language — advising language like “person with a disability,” for ...