Tag Archives: mainstreaming

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, December 14 to Friday, December 18

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: California approves tougher teacher training standards to help mainstreaming (EdSource) Under Federal pressure to increase the amount of time special education students spend in general education classrooms, the California Commission on Teacher … Continue reading

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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 28 – Friday, August 1

Human Interest: The kids who beat autism (The New York Times Magazine) No one has figured out what happens inside the brains of people who had autism but no longer do – whether, for example their brains were different from … Continue reading

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Annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities

December 3rd, 2011 marks the 19th International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD).  This annual observance established in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3 aims to promote greater understanding of disability issues with a focus on the … Continue reading

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Inclusive Public Health for People with Disabilities: Review of Webinar on CDC’s Public Health Approach to Disability

On October 25th, 2011 the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) co-sponsored the first in a four-part series of free Webinars on promoting health and preventing disease for people … Continue reading

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