May 16, 2025
The Boost News
Some states reexamine school discipline as Trump order paves go-ahead (Stateline)
Nonprofit group homes in New York face funding shortfall, leading to staffing crisis (AM NY)
New York bill introduced proposing new CDPAP compromise (NY State of Politics)
Commentary: PPL is failing caregivers and the people they care for (Times Union)
Churchill: For disability rights advocate, this ‘compassion’ is a threat (Times Union)
Bridgeport, Conn., school board backs plan to build new $125M school, $75M special education center (CT Post)
People with intellectual disabilities died and were injured at Pa. group homes. Regulators are taking action (MSN via Philadelphia Inquirer)
Missouri unveils plan to transform program for students with disabilities (Missouri Independent)
Oklahoma law now bans corporal punishment for students with disabilities (Oklahoma Voice)
Trump Official’s Autism Schools Secluded and Restrained Students at High Rates (The 74 Million)
OPINION: In Trump’s America, All Parents and Children for Themselves (New York Times)
The Dept of Ed Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff. (ProPublica)
Everyone isn’t ‘a little bit autistic’ – here’s why this notion is harmful (The Conversation)
Experts call Kennedy’s plan to find autism’s cause unrealistic (AP)
How RFK Jr. is shaping the conversation about autism and why advocates are pushing back (PBS)
The ‘R-word,’ embraced by Joe Rogan and Elon Musk, inches back into the mainstream (NBC News)
An Undaunted Writer Who Broke an Invisible Barrier in Japan (New York Times)