Julie Gunter was trying to get appropriate services from the Seattle School District for her daughter, a student with disabilities, but hit a major snag: past records of how other school districts ...

Shawn Latham, policy coordinator for Self Advocates in Leadership, spoke in favor of HB 1472 during a hearing on March 19. Screenshot After I was born, my father and mother had to make a difficult ...

Washington state lawmakers are once again debating a bill that would further restrict the use of restraint and isolation in schools—an issue that has sparked passionate responses from educators, ...

Deborah Dietz, the executive director of a non-profit helping serve disabled Floridians, breathed a sigh of relief — albeit temporary — last week after a federal judge in Washington blocked the Trump ...

WASHINGTON — It was obvious to Christine Smith Olsey that her son was not doing well at school, despite educators telling her to leave it to the experts. The second-grade student stumbled over words, ...

A state-run facility for people with disabilities could be on the state’s budgetary chopping block, and a legislative proposal has sparked heated debate among advocates, legislators and families. Run ...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Washington state has agreed to make changes to how it treats civilly committed sex offenders who have serious mental illness or intellectual disabilities. Documents filed in U.S.

One in five people reading this has a disability. Some try to avoid that label at all costs; for others, it provides a right to participation in the community and success at school and in the ...