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Education > K-12
Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12
...special education operate as separate tracks in most districts. Gifted identification looks for high performance across domains. Special education focuses on...disability until it doesn't. A fifth grader with dyslexia and advanced verbal skills can often decode meaning through context and vocabulary knowledge, performing...
Education > Other
Twice Exceptional Students: When Your Child Is Both Gifted and Has a Disability
...exceptionality means, why these students slip through the cracks, how to get dual identification, and what educational services work for kids who need both challenge and...disability. The giftedness can show up in verbal reasoning, math, visual-spatial skills, creative thinking, or specific subject domains. A 2e student's giftedness...
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Smart Speakers for Blind Users: Reading Text, Identifying Objects, and Navigation
How Alexa and Google Home assist blind and low vision users with reading, object identification, and navigation through voice commands.
Education > Special Education
The 13 Disability Categories Under IDEA: Eligibility Criteria Explained
...The Two-Part Eligibility Requirement. IDEA establishes 13 categories of disability that can qualify a child for special education services. But identification alone isn't enough. The school must also determine that the disability creates an educational need that general education with standard supports...
News > Employment
Disability Disclosure at Work: When to Tell, What to Say, and How to Protect Yourself
You're filling out the application, and there it is: the voluntary self-identification form asking if you have a disability. Or you're sitting in an interview, and the hiring manager asks if there's anything that would prevent you...
Global Insights > Laws
The 2026 Digital Accessibility Deadline: What Parents Need to Know About School and Healthcare Portals
...that meet minimum readability standards for users with low vision Resizable text that doesn't break layouts when users increase font size Error identification and correction suggestions,...
Global Insights > Advocacy
The Complete Guide to IEP Advocacy: How to Prepare, What to Say, and When to Push Back
...(IEE) if you disagree with the school's evaluation Receive prior written notice any time the school proposes or refuses to change your child's identification, evaluation, placement, or...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: All About Me Storybook
...latest apps developed by I Get It, LLC, who creates educational applications for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The storybook is a part of their Identification Series, which helps support individuals to learn their personal information. All About Me Storybook allows the user to create a profile, which...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Taming the Stigma of Autism
...non-profit organization dedicated to serving children with a wide range of special needs. “Research is already showing promise in the area of early identification and early intervention,” she says, “with current research revealing that autism can now be reliably detected as early as 18 months and intensive...
Education > Accommodations
The Right to Read
...neat and tidy girl "I knew something was wrong with me and that I wasn't stupid. I had intelligent parents and siblings. But I couldn't get the identification of letters in sequence...what you call decoding. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't do it. Arithmetic was just as tough, especially the times...