Students with disabilities lost a helpful program to DOGE cuts

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 15, 2025 | Federal Archive

NPR If you visit the website for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), you’ll find a “Wall of Receipts” listing more than 7,000 federal contracts it has terminated. Little detail is provided, besides the “savings”...

WA: Special education students need more than an infusion of money

by kids1stadvocac | Mar 18, 2025 | State Archive

The Seattle Times (Editorial) Washington state is where laws guaranteeing education for students with disabilities got their start back in 1971. Before then, kids who had trouble reading, walking, or hearing were largely ignored by schools, with lifelong consequences....

PA: Here’s how a Pennsylvania school is setting students with autism, intellectual disabilities up for success

by kids1stadvocac | Mar 11, 2025 | State Archive

MSN People with autism often face barriers to employment, but a private school in Middletown Township, Delaware County, is coming up with a solution. Davidson School, operated by the nonprofit Elwyn, opened a café on Feb. 3 so students can get real-world experience...

ME: Intellectually disabled students call on Legislature to create more inclusive college opportunities

by kids1stadvocac | Mar 4, 2025 | State Archive

Press Herald Maine high schoolers with intellectual and developmental disabilities are urging lawmakers to support the creation of more inclusive higher education opportunities. More than a dozen students, advocates, and higher education leaders spoke Monday at a...

MT: Advocates sue to extend public education for students with disabilities

by kids1stadvocac | Mar 4, 2025 | State Archive

KXLA 9 Advocates have filed a class action lawsuit in federal court, arguing that the state of Montana should allow students with disabilities to continue receiving public education past the age of 18. Disability Rights Montana sued Gov. Greg Gianforte and...