by Dan DeMarle | Aug 6, 2022 | Autism, Deafness, Developmental Disability, Disability, Intellectual Disability, Learning Disability, Special Education, Speech and Language, Visual Impairment
The OSEP Fast Facts on educational environments of school aged children with disabilities highlights the environments in which children with disabilities receive special education and related services. The OSEP Fast Facts addresses the education environment of the...
by Dan DeMarle | Jul 10, 2022 | Deafness, School Districts
In a move that faced strong opposition, the nation’s second largest district will make American Sign Language and English the standard for early intervention for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. ‘Read More
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 28, 2021 | Deafness
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) presents an innovative treatment for deafness, based on the delivery of genetic material into the cells of the inner ear. The genetic material “replaces” the genetic defect and enables the cells to continue...
by Dan DeMarle | Nov 30, 2020 | Deafness
NCDB has a new web page for families called Activities at Home to Promote Transition Skills. It provides activities that are relevant during the pandemic or any time to help a child or youth prepare for employment, future education, and living as independently as...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 28, 2020 | Classroom, Covid-19, Deafness, Disability, Distance Learning/ELearning, School Districts, Special Education, Speech and Language, Teaching
As indicated in NYSED’s Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing the Spirit of New York State Schools Guidance, for instruction or interventions that require visualization of the movement of the lips and/or mouths, students and staff may use alternate personal...
by Dan DeMarle | Jun 9, 2020 | Covid-19, Deafness, Disability
Jon Campbell – New York State Team USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 5/13/2020 on page A6 ALBANY – A federal judge has ordered New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to add sign-language interpretation to his daily televised coronavirus briefings by Wednesday or...
