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School seclusion rooms for children with disabilities would be banned under a bill introduced Tuesday by state Sen. Scott Rupp. He said he wanted to eliminate the rooms "until the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education can prove they serve a worthwhile purpose."

Aubrey Goodell was a walking contradiction. She was a socially and emotionally mature toddler but prone to fits of anger. A bright child with strong reasoning skills, she labored to talk and by the third grade couldn't read or write.

An eight-year effort by Canadian scientists has connected a crucial brain protein with the power to learn, raising the possibility that learning disabilities could be corrected with a drug.

Often the school's solution to this problem is to retain the child while they continue to do the same thing with him, waiting for a different outcome.

Parents of special-needs children are rallying against the proposed closure of West Valley Special Education School, where hundreds of disabled and emotionally challenged youngsters have been taught for nearly four decades.

If Kenneth Sumsion was hoping to avoid controversy with a "clean up" bill that makes minor tweaks to educational services for the deaf and blind, he missed the mark.

The Senate education committee Thursday voted to create up to three charter schools to serve children with autism and related disorders.

By BRUCE GOLDING
The parents of a 13-year-old autistic boy who died while in the care of state employees filed suit yesterday, saying workers were not properly trained or supervised. Jonathan Carey died in...

A federal vaccine court issued verdicts that should help end parents’ lingering fears that childhood vaccines can and have caused autism.

Most school districts in Pennsylvania are not spending enough to meet the basic needs of special education students, according to a new study.

Think Thomas the Tank Engine with human faces. That's the concept behind "The Transporters," a new animated video series designed to teach children with autism how to recognize and interpret emotions.

Democrats in the state Assembly will unveil legislation this week to force insurance companies to provide coverage for the treatment of autism.

By Michelle Diament
A Florida teacher who encouraged her kindergarten class to vote on whether or not a boy with autism should remain in the class says she would take back the incident if she could.