It’s 3:30 p.m. Friday and Austin Jenkins’ feet are tired. It’s a good tired though. Jenkins is co-owner of Charlie Foster’s, a new coffee shop at Stovehouse, the popular West Huntsville food/entertainment complex located at 3414 Governors Drive S.W. The business just finished its soft opening today. The turnout surpassed…

I adopted my first dog, Sparky, 12 years ago. He wasn’t a dog with special needs but he was from a shelter and he’s the love of my life. He also changed my life because he got me into working with rescue dogs. I volunteered with another rescue center and…

Message to teachers’ unions from parents of kids with special needs: don’t dare use our children as pawns in your games with Government ever again. The right thing has finally been done – and pupils who cannot adapt to remote learning will be able to access their constitutional right to…

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The parents of a 16-year-old with severe autism who died last year are suing the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, sheriff, claiming the teen’s death was caused by deputies who restrained and sat on him for 9 minutes. “Never did we ever think that our 16-year-old…

Different types of COVID-19 vaccine in glass vial bottles with different storage temperature condition label. Photo via Rawpixel.com NORTHWEST CORNER — As a vaccine to prevent the coronavirus is distributed across the country, many residents have been receiving their first (and even second) doses of the shot in recent weeks….

While most children in the province continue at-home learning for at least another few weeks, some students with special needs, including those in Windsor-Essex, have already returned to in-person classes.  Nearly two weeks ago on Jan. 4, Windsor-Essex students in special education went back to school. Parents of these students say their…

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a probe of what it called “disturbing reports” regarding Seattle Public Schools’ alleged failure to provide specialized instruction to students with disabilities during the pandemic. In a letter to Superintendent Denise Juneau, the agency’s Office for Civil Rights said the investigation was spurred…

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The fact that children with special needs are limited to distant learning and are deprived of live education may create a discrimination against them due to their individual needs, Maria Stylianou Lottides, Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights said. And this because the education they receive online obviously cannot replace…