special needs
Spending over $42K per kid, NYC Department of Education has no excuse for reopening chaos
Cross your fingers that the city Department of Education manages to reopen schools Monday without any serious bungles.
In settling special-needs case, NYC shows how little de Blasio really cared about 'equity'
For proof that Mayor Bill de Blasio's talk of "equity" in education was always hollow, consider NYC's humiliating settlement resolving a 2017 lawsuit over the DOE's failure to provide federally...
Parents of special-needs kids fear long-term consequences of remote learning in NYC
Parents described the heart-wrenching difficulty of trying to get children who receive special education services to sit in front of a computer for school and therapy.
Nurse adopts special-needs boy she cared for since birth
A New York nurse's family recently grew by one -- when she adopted a special needs patient she's been caring for since he was born. Kelli Dabek brought 9-year-old Jashia...
Special-needs teen released after being jailed for not doing online schoolwork
A Michigan teenager held in juvenile detention since mid-May for violating probation by failing to complete her online coursework was freed on Friday. The 15-year-old girl, identified only as Grace,...
Deaf mother makes masks with plastic windows to aid lip-reading
She is filling a clear need.
Masks are making it difficult for deaf people to communicate
For the deaf and hard of hearing who rely on lip-reading, it's a source of anxiety, stress and confusion.
Family plays Uno with son through special-needs facility window amid lockdown
Even with only the smallest window of opportunity, family will always find a way to stick together. Allison and Mike Leatzow, of Tallahassee, Fla., have been separated from their son...
Family furious after Catholic church denies autistic son First Communion
James and Nicole LaCugna said they were devastated when Saint Aloysius Church in Jackson, NJ, told them their son, Anthony, 8, didn't meet the communion requirements because he "is unable...
This mom has donated about 94 gallons of her own breast milk
A Virginia Beach mom has donated about 12,000 ounces — or 94 gallons — of her own breast milk to 28 babies over the last year and a half, a...
City audit finds flaws in paid-for services for special needs students
The city Department of Education can’t fully document whether special needs children are getting all the services it pays for, a new audit charges. City Comptroller Scott Stringer found serious...
Teacher puts autistic student's desk in a bathroom stall
What a crap idea. A Washington mother asked her autistic son's teacher to give him a "quiet place" to work, only later to find out the 11-year-old's desk was placed...
Teachers left boy with Down syndrome outside naked and soaking wet: mom
Three teachers were suspended from a British school after an 11-year-old boy with Down syndrome was left naked and soaking wet on a playground for half an hour, according to...
Lead paint found in dozens of classrooms at Queens special-needs school
The just-released citywide test results showed PS 9, the Walter Reed School, in Maspeth, had the most peeling or deteriorating lead paint of any school in Queens.
DOE pours $16M into rotting school for special needs students after Post exclusive
The Department of Education is pouring an additional $16 million into a dilapidated Queens school - but a local councilman claims long-suffering kids need an entirely new building. As The...
13-year-old South Carolina girl with special needs dies in hot car
A 13-year-old South Carolina girl with special needs died when her schoolteacher mother and a male companion allegedly left her in a sweltering car for at least two hours, according...
Mets' Todd Frazier gives big boost to special-needs sports complex
Todd Frazier is going to bat for his New Jersey hometown — and the special-needs community. Before the Amazins played Pittsburgh Saturday at Citi Field, the Mets third baseman presented...
This mom stopped at nothing to rescue special needs son on bus ride from hell
A special-needs Bronx boy spent 12 hellish hours on a city school bus during Thursday’s frozen fiasco — until his desperate mother finally reached him after a nine-hour trek by...
Special needs student among many stranded for hours on snow-stuck school buses in NYC
City students were left stranded on snow-stuck school buses late into the night Thursday -- such as special-needs student George Jordan who spent seven hours on a bus home to...
Driver charged for leaving special needs students on bus
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police in Connecticut have charged a school bus driver who they say left two special needs students on a bus. Authorities say the driver left the...