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Taylor Carty, who has cerebral palsy, long dreamt of becoming a doctor. She hoped to one day help children and young adults with disabilities.

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  • Education

One woman's fight to remove barriers for aspiring doctors with disabilities

After her dreams of becoming a doctor were denied, one California woman is working to make the profession more accessible to those with disabilities.

May 15, 2025
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  • Kristin Wright
Amy Cupp hugs her daughter, G, for a portrait in her home in northern Indiana. G is 12 and has multiple disabilities. Cupp has filed a federal complaint over G's treatment in school but says the process stalled after President Trump's cuts to the U.S. Education Department.

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  • Education

Families say school civil rights investigations have stalled after federal cuts

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights investigates discrimination in schools. It recently lost more than 40% of its staff.

April 16, 2025
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  • Dylan Peers McCoy
Kellen Hedler prepares to start his school day at Frontier Elementary School in Edmond, Okla.

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  • Education

As special ed students are integrated more at school, teacher training is evolving

General education teachers are more likely than ever to be working with students who have special needs.

April 15, 2025
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  • Beth Wallis
Logan, 17 and a junior at Newton South High School, stands in his room in Newton, Mass. Logan was part of a program called Charting My Path, which helps students with disabilities prepare for life after high school. The Trump administration cancelled the program in February. <br>

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  • Education

DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is 'devastated'

The program, Charting My Path for Future Success, aimed to help teens with disabilities transition from high school to the real world. It abruptly ended when DOGE terminated its federal contract.

April 14, 2025
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  • Cory Turner
Kellen Hedler leads his fellow classmates at Frontier Elementary School near Oklahoma City. Kellen has Down syndrome, a genetic condition that causes a range of physical and developmental challenges.

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  • Education

How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

April 03, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta
Kellen Hedler's classroom aid, Parker Van Buskirk, checks in with Kellen as he works on an assignment. Kellen is largely independent throughout the school day, but Van Buskirk is available in case he needs help.

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  • Education

Special ed students benefit from being integrated at school. It doesn't always happen

Research shows including students with and without disabilities in the same classroom can benefit everyone. Two students with Down syndrome show what can be gained when that happens.

January 09, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta
Margo Jimenez cries as she talks about the moment she realized her husband, Fred Jimenez, would never wake up. According to his death certificate, Fred died of "blunt force head injuries" on Feb. 17, 2024. His injuries were caused by a push from a student 10 days earlier. His death was ruled a homicide.

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  • Education

How a staffing shortage can make special education jobs more dangerous

Special educators are more likely to experience violence or aggression from students. That can make hiring a challenge, at a time when schools nationwide are struggling to fill these positions.

December 05, 2024
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  • Camille Phillips
Lloyd Mills, who has autism, cerebral palsy and mental illness, has the legal right to be housed in a community setting with the supports he needs. But Georgia, like other states, has critical holes in its system meant to support people with disabilities.

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  • Health

He was stuck in a hospital for 8 months. How states can fail people with disabilities

In Georgia and other states, the federal government oversees the treatment of people with mental illness and developmental disabilities, because the states have been unable to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the subsequent Olmstead ruling.

November 21, 2024
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  • Sam Whitehead
Lilla Lanivich, 14, and her service dog, Lopez, outside their family’s home in Rochester Hills, Mich. This year’s middle school winner of the NPR Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, helped restore her independence.

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  • Children's Health

Chronic illness shattered this teen's life. Her service dog helped get it back

The middle school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, changed her life.

September 07, 2024
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  • Sequoia Carrillo and
  • Janet W. Lee
Six-year-old Sam and his mother, Tabitha, attend a virtual class with Sam’s teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing.

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  • Education

As discrimination complaints soar, parents of disabled students wait for help

The Education Department is handling record numbers of discrimination cases, including those involving disability. The backlog leaves some families waiting for help.

July 16, 2024
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  • Jonaki Mehta

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  • Education

Why children with disabilities are missing school and losing skills

A special education staffing crisis is raging through many U.S. school districts. It's taking a toll on students and families.

May 16, 2024
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  • Cory Turner
Alondra Mercado, a community health worker with the Central California Asthma Collaborative, helps provide services through an ambitious California Medicaid initiative. On a recent morning in March, she visited a family in Turlock to teach a mother how to control in-home asthma triggers that cause flare-ups in her young son.

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  • Health

California's $12 billion Medicaid experiment stretches the definition of health care

The state covers basic services for vulnerable residents, including things like air purifiers for kids with asthma. But nonprofits offering the services struggle to work within the health care system.

May 14, 2024
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By:
  • Angela Hart
Kevin Carlson, with nurse Joshua Lee (right) and respiratory therapist Eric Mathewson (left), watches a WWE match on October 2, 2023 in San Jose, Calif.

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  • Health

For patients with disabilities, this doctor prioritizes independence — and fun

Sometimes health care means being able to go out and watch a wrestling match, according to Dr. Clarissa Kripke. She's pioneering a new kind of care for people with disabilities.

March 27, 2024
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  • Dan Gorenstein and
  • Leslie Walker
People who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid face maddening challenges accessing health care. The government spends $500 billion on this care, yet patients often can't get what they need.

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  • On Disabilities

Vulnerable Americans are stuck in a Medicare-Medicaid maze. Is a fix in sight?

A bipartisan Senate bill, dropping Thursday, promises better health care for some of the poorest, sickest Americans, who are known as "duals" because they qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

March 14, 2024
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  • Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein, Tradeoffs
A case of bronchitis in 2014 left Sanna Stella, a therapist who lives in the Chicago area, with debilitating fatigue.

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  • Health

Clues to a better understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome emerge from a major study

After seven years of research, the findings shed light on the long-neglected illness. Scientists say the results could lead to future trials for potential treatments.

February 23, 2024
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