Impacts of the No Child Left Behind Waiver Loss in Washington State on Services for Students with Autism By Allison L. Winward, M. Ed. Washington is the first state in the country to have its waiver from the No Child Left Behind law revoked. Under this waiver, the state was exempt from certain limitations of […]

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Guest Blog from the ACLU Last year, a video of a sheriff’s deputy handcuffing a young boy with disabilities in a Kentucky school went viral. The child, an 8-year-old boy, was so small that the school resource officer locked the handcuffs around the child’s biceps and forced his hands behind his back, according to a […]

Youth w Disabilities - Dept of Labor wants input  Students with disabilities are less likely to receive a regular high school diploma; twice as likely to drop out of school; and half as likely to enroll in and complete postsecondary education programs. WSPTA's platform this year includes equity, access and opportunity for special education students<http://wsptalegassembly.blogspot.com/2012/09/access-opportunity-and-equity-for.html […]