‘Nobody was trying to figure out what was wrong.’ How FWISD missed one teen’s diagnosis
That figure includes campuses in 12 independent school districts, as well as public charter schools. In Fort Worth ISD, the city’s largest school district, the picture is even bleaker. Just 31% of ...
Jamie Oliver candidly discusses learning difficulty ahead of new documentary
Chef Jamie Oliver has long been vocal about his struggles at school as a result of his dyslexia. According to The Sun, the ...
Machine learning helps predict ADHD in kindergarten students
A University of Alberta research team has successfully used machine learning as a tool for earlier detection of attention ...
The Economist8d
A much-praised British scheme to help disabled workers is failing them
The scheme seeks to tackle a real problem: only 53% of disabled Britons are in work, compared with 82% of non-disabled. Some ...
Yahoo11d
Zoe Saldaña shares she has dyslexia in her Golden Globes acceptance speech. It's the most common learning disability in the world.
Dyslexia is a learning disability that disrupts how the brain processes written ... where she spoke to the difficulty she ...
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Yoga won’t cure my ADHD, nor will hiding it. Ableism is just like patriarchy or racism
ADHD lacks even the little representation that autism and SLDs (specific learning disabilities, like dyslexia) get in social spaces and institutions. Ableism is experienced as often having to “mask” ...
Nursing Times25d
‘Decimated’ learning disability nurse numbers must be tackled
Parts of England risk becoming “learning disability nurse deserts” as student numbers have collapsed in every region, a new analysis has warned. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the ongoing ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation26d
Why Tasmanian Liberal MP Simon Behrakis pushed for an inquiry into ADHD
Tasmanian Liberal MP Simon Behrakis says he battled to receive medication for ADHD, despite being diagnosed ... difficulties accessing their learning, they're experiencing a lot of negative ...
Minnesota Daily26d
How the Disability Resource Center helps students with ADHD
The Disability Resource Center (DRC) has offered accommodations across campus for decades and serves as a great resource for students with ADHD at the University of Minnesota. Of the over 4,000 ...
The Daily Telegraph1mon
How to explain to someone you have ADHD – and what not to say to someone who has it
Yet although cynics might say the rise is partly down to social media, with thousands of TikTokers posting about the condition, or the fact that people with ADHD may be entitled to disability ...
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Sask. mother elated that son with autism, ADHD and ODD to be allowed back to school full-time after 5 years
Vansickle's 13-year-old son Aaiden, who has autism, ADHD and oppositional defiant ... enough support in the classroom for kids with learning disabilities and they learn along with other ...
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Learning disability
The idea came after the adults with learning difficulties made a film about talking about death. Grow Limited will use the funding to install a watering system in its glasshouses. Elena and Andrew ...