Growing up, I was always taught to be inclusive to everyone, especially my classmates who I would see every day. My godbrother has autism, and being inclusive has always been important to me because I ...

Before the mid-1970s, most children with disabilities were educated in “special” schools for “special” children. The word in itself was offensive to parents and children who didn’t want to be labeled ...

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According to the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, approximately 1 in 6 children in the United States have developmental disabilities which include physical, learning, ...

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When Selina Likely became director of the Edwards Creative Learning Center six years ago, she knew there was one longstanding practice that she wanted to change. For as long as she had taught at the ...

Three years ago, Katie Bladergroen was nearly halfway through her first pregnancy when she and her husband, Kyle, learned that the baby she was carrying had spina bifida. Since then, the Bladergroens ...

The story of how a UNICEF-supported program that promotes inclusion for children with disabilities changed young Kibra's life. Kibra, 15, met her social worker, Mikal, after teachers helped her ...

Drawing from her own experience as a District Magistrate, Smt. Nanda underscored that true inclusion cannot be mandated by orders alone.

Selina Likely, the director of Edwards Creative Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, was motivated to pursue a career in child care after a program expelled her 1-year-old daughter for biting. Credit: ...