Center for Disabilities Studies

Preston’s March for Energy and Fusion Fitness provide five-year-old Meredith Beavers, who has cerebral palsy, and 7-year-old Mason Read, who has schizencephaly, with adaptive bicycles over the holidays.

Students at Concord High School in Wilmington are working to help fourth grader Rayne Mason, who has cerebral palsy, fit in with her classmates in orchestra class by customizing her a bow so she can play the viola comfortably. Their efforts are part of Brandywine School District Community Engineers, who identify challenges and develop engineering solutions for them.

Delaware is joining the National ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience)Alliance so that individuals with qualified disabilities can have and manage tax-advantaged accounts to pay for disability-related costs while protecting their federal benefits.

The Department of Education is proposing a two-year delay on an Obama-era rule that requires states to review districts with disproportionally high rates of minority students receiving special education services, placed in restrictive classrooms or disciplined more than their peers.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that 83 percent of students with disabilities are given little to no information about how their rights to a free, appropriate public education under the IDEA Act would be affected by transitioning from a public school to a private school.