There are over 7 million adults living with developmental or intellectual disabilities in the U.S. Yet many day programs for those with developmental disabilities have a cut-off age of 22. Disability ...

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Luke Tomczuk, 28, of Philadelphia, is a member of a research team at Temple University studying the effectiveness of Chance to Ride, a training curriculum and program designed to teach young adults ...

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 ...

While the recent months have been a flurry of news around education, we’re becoming distracted from the very real challenges students are facing in the classroom. Because when speaking with parents, ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story misstated Kendal Cladek’s current educational status. She is a college student. Dyscalculia is a learning disability that few people have heard of or ...

Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Due to its impact on students’ ability to learn and retain basic math facts ...